2010/2/22 Scott Howard <[email protected]>: > Thanks Miry, > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Miriam Ruiz <[email protected]> wrote: >> MPL is not compatible with GPL, so we have to be very careful that the >> game doesn't link against nothing GPL'ed, and is not GPL'ed itself, if >> it uses JEDI. > > I'm new to figuring out more complex compatibilities (that aren't > simple GPL), and it is important so I want to make sure I get this > right: > Gearhead, gearhead2, and SDL are all LGPL. Jedi-SDL are pascal header > files for the SDL libraries, and is MPL licensed. > > If the library and header files are licensed differently, how does > that work with compatibility? Or is it simply that the LGPL allows > linking with non-free libraries, so it is all compatible? (I've been > reading through fsf.org trying to figure out compatibilities, is there > another place people use as well?)
Hmmm.... MPL and LGPL are compatible, as far as I know, as long as the code is linked dynamically, which should be in the case of SDL, so I don't expect any problem here. In any case, I'm CC'ing debian-legal to have some input from other people, just in case I'm wrong. Greetings, Miry PS: Context in debian-devel-games: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-games/2010/02/msg00026.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
