Eww... yikes, I can't imagine GPL3 being a viable license for a large chunk of projects then. Stick with LGPL, it seems to make the most sense out of all the OS licenses.
--Bob On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Keeper <[email protected]> wrote: > When I read up on the GPL3 this morning. You have to provide all the source > code allow your application to compile. It's geared towards 100% open source > applications. So for licensing your plugin as open source, it seems that the > Lesser license is what we need to use since we don't (and cannot) supply the > code for the VALVe libraries that we link against. > > Keeper > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Somers [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:25 PM > To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] SVN GPL Question > > Does the GPL also cover libraries that you use, though? As I > understand it, all of *your* code could be covered under the GPL, > while Valve's is still covered under there license, and doesn't need > to be supplied. It would probably be a royal bitch to decouple the > code that much though, especially when we're talking about the source > SDK. > > --Bob > > > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Keeper <[email protected]> wrote: >> As I understand GPL3, as long as you provide all the source code to build >> the application then you are fine. In which case we could not _legally_ be >> in compliance with that licensing. Which is why I was asking. I think we >> can be open source, but I think the version of license that we are using is >> incorrect. >> >> I'll look into the LGPL ... thanks for that info. >> >> Keeper > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
