Re: [osg-users] Changing OSG License to GPL

2009-04-20 Thread Robert Osfield
Hi Coz, I can't add much to what everyone else has said in this thread. The OSG is compatible with GPL'd apps. You can also create your own code that extends the OSG that is GPL'd. The LGPL does premit you to distribute under GPL as well so again you can do this. However, it does effectively

Re: [osg-users] Changing OSG License to GPL

2009-04-17 Thread Eduardo Alberto Hernández Muñoz
Hi list, @Sergey Kurdakov: sorry but it is really not clear why LGPL prohibits you to The LGPL itself does not prohibits me to use the GPL, in fact, it explicitly permits it. However, the page http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/Legal, probably written by Robert( it's down now, so

Re: [osg-users] Changing OSG License to GPL

2009-04-17 Thread Jan Ciger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Eduardo, Eduardo Alberto Hernández Muñoz wrote: So why should OSG derived code be GPL ed? Because I want to reduce the overhead of maintaining the code. I already have the GPLv3 for code, Creative Commons for the media, the SIL font

[osg-users] Changing OSG License to GPL

2009-04-16 Thread Eduardo Alberto Hernández Muñoz
Hi list, I'm interested in taking some code from osgFX( particulary cartoon and bump mapping ), modifying it, and putting the result under the GPL. Since the OpenSceneGraph Public License is based on the LGPL, and the LGPL permits switching to the GPL, you would think I just have to change any

[osg-users] Changing OSG License to GPL

2009-04-16 Thread Sergey Kurdakov
Hi Eduardo, sorry but it is really not clear why LGPL prohibits you to it's to separate them from osgFX:: Effect class( maybe subclass from osg:: Group ), allow them to be mixed with the ambient color, allow the Cartoon effect to select the texture unit and remove the outline( and possibly

Re: [osg-users] Changing OSG License to GPL

2009-04-16 Thread Chris 'Xenon' Hanson
Eduardo Alberto Hernández Muñoz wrote: Hi list, I'm interested in taking some code from osgFX( particulary cartoon and bump mapping ), modifying it, and putting the result under the GPL. What exactly, is your goal in putting it under the GPL? The OSGPL is designed so that OSG can be used