[IGDA_indies] the LGPL

[Tom Spilman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: indies-bounces at igda.org 
> [mailto:indies-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Brandon J. Van Every
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 4:32 PM
> To: Indie SIG mailing list
> Subject: RE: [IGDA_indies] the LGPL
> 

> Dude, we're indie game developers, not hobbyists.  We're all 
> trying to get rich.

 If your in indie game development to get rich your probably gonna be
disappointed.  A more reasonable goal is to make enough money to live
comfortably.  You may call that rich... At the moment I call it $4,000 a
month.  If I get rich along the way it's a bonus.

> > In fact I bet there are GPL
> > and LGPL violations all the time which go undetected... 
> some of them 
> > *intentional*.
> 
> Yes, but I'm not interested in that business model.  Aside 
> from ethics, I don't really want to be the first LGPL test case.

 Let me be clear that I'm not endorsing this "violate the LGPL" business
model you speak of. =)

 There are plenty commercial puzzle games and such that use SDL.  So do you
call those test cases or are you looking for a AAA shooter developer?
Does/did Loki Games (http://www.lokigames.com/) count?  Most AAA devs use
things like OGG and JPEG which have very clear and non-restrictive licenses
like BSD/MIT.

  Tom