[cl-sdl-design] [slouken@devolution.com: Re: concerning the license of an SDL language binding]

[Matthew D. <md...@an...>]

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Subject: Re: concerning the license of an SDL language binding
From: Sam Lantinga <sl...@de...>

> Hello,

> A couple of us have been working on a Common Lisp language binding to
> the libSDL library.  We have an sdl.lisp file with binding macros
> derived, by hand, from the header files of SDL.  We were originally
> planning to place the language bindings under an MIT or BSD style
> license, but are now unclear as to the status of the sdl.lisp file.  I
> would appreciate if you would clarify your stance on the licensing of
> this sort of work.

I'm pretty sure that as long as the sdl.lisp file doesn't include any
of the object code from the SDL library, you can license sdl.lisp under
a separate license.  The SDL library itself is still under the LGPL,
which would mean that the end user must still be able to use a modified
version of the SDL library with your lisp bindings, either by relinking
the code or by substituting a different shared object for dynamically
linked code.

See ya!
	-Sam Lantinga, Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment


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