RE: [Plib-devel] Any resolution on the license?

[Paul B. <pbl...@di...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Baker [mailto:sjb...@ai...]
> Subject: Re: [Plib-devel] Any resolution on the license?
> 
> * Since Dave is actually using PLIB on a console himself
>   and is a contributor who DOESN'T want to change the
>   license - I really have to believe that there is a way
>   to stick to the spirit and law of LGPL and still work
>   on PS-2.

I don't want to beat a dead horse, but two quick points
about this (as far as my scenario):

a) We are not developing for the PS-2.  In fact our
APIs will be available on other platforms as it is,
so (I think) all of our source changes would/could
be rolled back into the project.

b) The larger problem is that we cannot provide .o's 
or anything such that those who may want to re-link
with a different version of sg or ssg.  This is the
major sticking point.  As your other post mentions,
companies make decisions.  But that decision means
we cannot follow LGPL -- regardless of ideological
or philosophical arguments.  However, there are other
licenses that would allow us to use ssg/sg and 
contribute back to it.


> I don't really relish the idea of buggy old versions of
> PUI (especially) from that era floating around on the web,
> but so long as people know what they are doing and don't
> do anything stoopid like setting up a non-licensed PLIB
> in competition with the modern LGPL'ed version, I can live
> with that.

The larger problem (that I am trying to avoid) is starting
yet another opensource package just to fix license issues.

As it stands that seems like the only alternative.  I just
wanted to check before I move forward.

Paul