[aquaria] SDL2 patches...

[Henrik Holst]

Then what is the problem? As I wrote earlier, the license of an application
does not "spread" downward to something that it links with.

What am I missing here?

/hh
Den 23 jul 2013 17:02 skrev "GMMan" <yukaili.geek at gmail.com>:

> >so it's probably more a question of Steam not wanting to distribute open
> sourced programs since they don't want end users to be able to modify it in
> order to cheat etc.
> That's sort of a moot point with Aquaria, as there's no online
> multiplayer aspect. As for achievements, they're just achievements. I
> loaded up one of my savegames from the HIB into the Steam version, and
> it gave me a few (but not all) of the achievements I had on that save.
> I don't see Steam complaining about that.
> --GMMan
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Henrik Holst <henrik.holst2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > No problem for my small patches either, but I wonder if it's really the
> > license that is the problem since the linkage is the other way around.
> >
> > I.e a library used by a GPL program cannot be a derivative, it's the
> program
> > that is the derivative of the library so it's probably more a question of
> > Steam not wanting to distribute open sourced programs since they don't
> want
> > end users to be able to modify it in order to cheat etc.
> >
> > /Henrik Holst
> >
> > Den 23 jul 2013 16:31 skrev "James Le Cuirot" <chewi at aura-online.co.uk>:
> >
> >> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:20:31 +0200
> >> "False.Genesis" <false.genesis at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Ahh, the dreaded GPL, always a problem. Then I propose to change the
> >> > license from GPL to something less restrictive (MIT?) if this is
> >> > somehow possible, as it would change things for the better. Imho
> >> > there's no reason to keep these (legal) barriers.
> >> > Really, what is the difference between GPL code and patched up
> >> > non-GPL code that almost completely resembles the GPL one. Not in a
> >> > legal sense of course; legally this is pretty clear even though it
> >> > feels a bit stupid.
> >> >
> >> > Thoughts on this? Is it even still possible at this stage? Is that an
> >> > option to consider or is it totally out of question?
> >> > I just really think it'll avoid further complications and be better
> >> > for everyone, even if it's just to make lawyers happy.
> >>
> >> As one of the contributors mentioned (albeit for a tiny patch), I have
> >> no problem with this and agree it would be of more practical benefit.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> James
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