[SDL] SDL LGPL violations

[Andrew Ford]

Hold on, hold on.  I think maybe we're overlooking the
fact that providing a link to the SDL libraries from
the download page (or project page) could in fact be
said to make the source code available from the same
place that distributes the binaries, wouldn't you say?
I think part of the problem here is that the terms of
the licence are not quite adequate to properly define
electronic distribution over the internet.  Perhaps it
might be stretching it, I don't know...

--- Patrick McFarland <unknown at panax.com> wrote:
> Heres more of my two cents...
> And isnt that saying that the compiled code and the
> source code should both
> be avalible side by side? That has nothing to do
> with third party required
> libraries, especially ones that arnt/do not have to
> be statically linked.
> 
> On 28-Jun-2002, David Olofson wrote:
> > >From "Copying" in the SDL 1.2.4 source package:
> > 
> > "  If distribution of object code is made by
> offering access to copy
> > from a designated place, then offering equivalent
> access to copy the
> > source code from the same place satisfies the
> requirement to
> > distribute the source code, even though third
> parties are not
> > compelled to copy the source along with the object
> code."
> > 
> > To me, this sounds very much like it's time to buy
> a few MB of extra web space. (Running low...)
> > 
> > 
> > //David
> > 
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> Patrick "Diablo-D3" McFarland || unknown at panax.com
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> all be running around in darkened rooms, munching
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