Hi Albert, You can statically link the OSG libraries as they are all OSGPL based, a license which exists solely to enalbe you to embed or staically like OSG. Some of the plugins aren't OSGPL based so you'll need to take care with those, most are OSGPL though.
Robert. On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Aurelien Albert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > This is a question about legal statement, not technical. > > I'm working on a commercial project based on OSG. > > I made a dynamic library "3dstuff.dll" with all my 3D stuff, this DLL uses > OSG. > > Can I use static linking of OSG with my "3dstuff.dll" to distribute only this > DLL with my executable file ? > > Or is it an OSG license violation and I have to distribute OSG as a set of > dynamic librairies ? (osg.dll, osgGA.dll, osgXX.dll ....) > > I ask this question here because I found this : > > "The OpenSceneGraph Public License is designed to be compatible with use of > proprietary applications, such applications can statically and dynamically > link to the OpenSceneGraph and can be redistributed with the libraries free > of charge. Your applications can be distributed under any license, be it open > source or proprietary." > > at http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/Legal > > which seems to say "ok, you can do that" > > But in the complete license text, here : > http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/attachment/wiki/Legal/LICENSE.txt > I didn't find anything about static linking. > > Thanks. > > ------------------ > Read this topic online here: > http://forum.openscenegraph.org/viewtopic.php?p=42765#42765 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
