[SDL] possible SDL license terms change?

Petri Latvala adrinael at nuclearzone.org
Sat Aug 7 12:21:33 PDT 2004


On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 22:11, Michael Benfield wrote:
> " For an executable,the required form of the "work that uses the
> Library" must include anydata and utility programs needed for
> reproducing the executable fromit....
> 
> It may happen thatthis requirement contradicts the license
> restrictions of otherproprietary libraries that do not normally
> accompany the operatingsystem. Such a contradiction means you cannot
> use both them and theLibrary together in an executable that you
> distribute."

Okay, so it really means you have to distribute gcc with the app, and
make/scons/jam/whatever. And it also means LGPL isn't as free as the
majority thinks.

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Petri Latvala






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