Re: [cc65] how about commercial prgs?

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From: Bryan Pope (bpope_at_wordstock.com)
Date: 2002-03-28 16:35:47


And thusly Stephan Lesch spake:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> for a more practical question, we're planning to sell copies of our
> adventure game which I'd like to compile using cc65. What's the status of 
> the compiled program if it uses a runtime library which comes with the
> compiler? 
> 
> I must admit that I'm a bit confused by the copyright section on the 
> webpage... If the original software is GPLed, and Ullrich places
> his changes and "other executable sources" under the GPL, too, but on the
> other hand puts the tools he's rewritten under a less restrictive license,
> what does this mean for a compiled program?
> 

SDL, which is a graphics library for many different OSs is licensed under the 
Lesser GPL.  This is taken from their website:

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Q: Can I use SDL in a commercial application?

A: The simple answer is "Yes", just dynamically link with SDL and
you're fine.

Full details are available at: http://www.libsdl.org/license.html
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Here is a further excerpt from the licensing section:

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The Simple DirectMedia Layer library is currently available under
the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2 or newer.
This license allows you to link with the library in such a way that
users can modify the library and have your application use the new
version.
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Cheers,

Bryan
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