Open Source Licence (LGPL or GPL)

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Tue Sep 9 04:01:00 EDT 2003


Robert Brenstein wrote:

> Richard Gaskin wrote:
>> David Bovill wrote:
>> 
>>> The simple story is to use the LGPL if you may wish to distribute
>>> the open source
>>> code with 'linked' libraries (read IDE or engine here) which is not GPL'd.
>> 
>> 
>> Hmmm....  I had never considered including the Rev engine with the MC IDE
>> distribution.  It would be convenient, given the dissection required for OS
>> X, but in my mind it keeps everything clean and simple to distribute only
>> the IDE.
>> 
> 
> Creating distribution packages, as Scott used to do, may not be worth
> the effort for this group, but it may be desirable to have an option
> to make engines available on IDE web site for a single-stop
> downloading. We do not have to have them, but...

A link to Rev's engine download page would be essential.

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