[Bf-committers] Can BGE be relicensed?

[Campbell Barton]

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Sinan Hassani <[email redacted]> wrote:
> Writing a GPL exception license is no easy task. The LGPL is what we
> need here.
>
> I think what we should do is keep BGE licensed as GPL, and the GPL
> exception should be when BGE is given for distribution under a third
> party app store. In cases like that, the BGE can be licensed under LGPL.
>
> So in each BGE source file, after the GPL license, a GPL exception
> license could look like this:
>
>
> In cases where this software is given for distribution under third party
> repositories, the software can be licensed under the LGPL. Python
> scripts or other runtime script files do not fall under the license of
> this software and can be treated as interpreted code or binary data.

The part about runtime scripts isnt needed, there is already an
exception so scripts using the BGE don't fall under GPL,
http://www.blender.org/education-help/faq/gpl-for-artists/#c2129

> <LGPL license is given afterwards>
>
>
> That essentially becomes the GPL exception license for BGE.
>
>
> Sinan
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