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- libre_culture@lemmy.ml
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- libre_culture@lemmy.ml
Apparently SDL-org changed the license of SDL from the LGPL (a copyleft license) to zlib (a permissive license).[1]
I don’t get why SDL-org would make the license change; unless if it’s for popularity.
Older Releases (Check the license in versions before SDL2 and 1.3.) ↩︎
I never thought that holders of proprietary platforms could come close to this level of influence, making the developers of a libre library have to relicense their work, or otherwise app developers can’t publish for those proprietary platforms if they decide to use the library in question.
I’m a strong (A)GPL fan but I see why proprietary companies hate it, but what is wrong to them with the already permissive LGPL?
LGPL says the user needs to be able to replace the LGPL’ed code with their own modified version. You can’t do that on an iPhone. I think that’s the issue there.
Also the SDL devs are themselves game developers/porters (I think that came out of Loki games), so it’s not so hard to understand why they would relicense their stuff, it basically makes their own life easier also.