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23 Dec 2025 06:45:44 EST (-0500)
  Re: This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 30 Jan 2009 15:24:42
Message: <4983620a$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:40:31 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> 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.

LGPL 2.1 or later according to my RPM package.

Jim


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