POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous : Re: This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous Server Time
23 Dec 2025 08:27:09 EST (-0500)
  Re: This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous  
From: Darren New
Date: 30 Jan 2009 14:40:34
Message: <498357b2$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
> Hmm, this sounds weird.  You mean dynamic linking an app against a GPL 
> lib doesn't require one to GPL the app code as well?  If so, what's the 
> point of the LGPL?
> 
> And I didn't know OpenGL was GPL'd.  In fact, it's a specification only. 
>  Are you talking about the mesa lib?

OpenAL is also LGPL, as far as I can tell. (They don't actually put the 
license on the web site anywhere.)  You'd think fsf.org would have a FAQ 
section too, or at least have links to the actual licenses off the home page 
somewhere.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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