Re: DEVELOPING SOFTWARE WITHOUT GPL????

[Pierre Phaneuf <pp@ludusdesign.com>]

Jeff Read wrote:

> > Hm, what$B4(Bīs about using Mesa OpenGL? It$B4(Bīs just a library...
> > what did id-Soft?
> 
> Mesa is released under the Library General Public License (LGPL) which
> explicitly permits linking code against the library without its
> licensing terms being affected. If you wish to use a free software
> library, you may want to use something with a license like the LGPL, or
> an even looser one such as the X11 license.

As a commercial developer, I personally find the Mozilla Public License
very attractive, as it keeps the library code from being modified in
completely proprietary ways, but still leaves room for a few proprietary
files for local hacks you don't want people to see (in our cases, it's
not the technology being too hot, but the hacks being too ugly! ;-)) ).

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Pierre Phaneuf
Ludus Design, http://ludusdesign.com/
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Then they fight you. Then you win." -- Gandhi