Re: [Glsdk-devel] License

[H. H. <hen...@gm...>]

Yes indeed we need.

I am fine with the zlib-like license. We could also make a modified license
of our own, based on it.

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Branan Riley <br...@gm...> wrote:

> We've got several files in SVN now with a "TODO: license" line in the
> header. I think we need to decide on a license for the code.
>
> Normally I'm a GPL advocate, but in this case we need to be concerned
> with what's best for OpenGL, and I think the GPL is too restrictive in
> this case. The dynamic-linking requirement of the LGPL is also
> restrictive, especially for the math library (which needs to be
> higher-performance than dynamic linking allows).
>
> I think in this case the zlib/libpng license is a good choice, for a
> couple of reasons.
>
> 1) No usage restrictions. Anyone can use the code for anything.
> 2) Simple to read and understand.
>
> We don't need to decide this immediately, but we should do it soon.
> Hopefully we'll have all the baseline code (GLS, GLM, GLE, contexts,
> and textures) finished within a couple of weeks. I'd like to do a
> "preview release" of the SDK with just those libraries once they're
> ready. We definitely need a license figured out before then.
>
> Branan
>
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