Thanks for the extensive infos.

TOM

Saso Kiselkov schrieb:
> The math is really very simple:
>
> GNUstep: LGPL => links with any license you want
> DevIL: LGPL => links with any license you want
> GLEW: MIT/BSD => links with any license you want
> PRNG: GPL => links ONLY with GPL
> NVIDIA Cg => no idea on usage license terms
>
> In other words, you'll have to use GPL for your app. Remember, that
> GPL linking requirements only work from library -> app, i.e. if you
> link to a GPL library, your app has to become GPL. If, however, your
> app is GPL and you link to a non-compatible/proprietary library, that
> doesn't force the library to become GPL. As an example, consider
> compiling a GPL app against Solaris' proprietary libc - that doesn't
> force the libc to become GPL. That means, you don't have to remove the
> NVIDIA Cg dependency if you don't want to.
>
> --
> Saso
>
> Thomas Gamper wrote:
>> David Chisnall schrieb:
>>> On 26 Aug 2009, at 23:31, Thomas Gamper wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The only requirement is... an approved opensource license.
>>>> That brings me to my next question: What licenses are available to
>>>> me, if I use/link with GNUstep?
>>>
>>> GNUstep uses the LGPL, which means any license from public domain to
>>> first-born child required to use is acceptable for code that links
>>> with it.  Pick any license your comfortable with.  Most of Étoilé
>>> uses BSD or MIT licenses, a number of frameworks built with GNUstep
>>> use the LGPL and a few use the GPL.
>>>
>>> David
>> There are a couple of libraries I use. DevIL is LGPL, GLEW is
>> licensed under 2 similar MIT licenses and a modified BSD license,
>> PRNG is GPL. As far I can tell the license NVIDIA Cg is under is not
>> free software compatible, so I will have to remove the dependency on
>> that library before I actually get an svn repository at sourceforge,
>> sic.
>>
>> TOM
>>
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