Open Source Licence (LGPL or GPL)

[Robert Brenstein]

Richard Gaskin wrote:
>David Bovill wrote:
>
>>The simple story is to use the LGPL if you may wish to distribute 
>>the open source
>>code with 'linked' libraries (read IDE or engine here) which is not GPL'd.
>
>
>Hmmm....  I had never considered including the Rev engine with the MC IDE
>distribution.  It would be convenient, given the dissection required for OS
>X, but in my mind it keeps everything clean and simple to distribute only
>the IDE.
>

Creating distribution packages, as Scott used to do, may not be worth 
the effort for this group, but it may be desirable to have an option 
to make engines available on IDE web site for a single-stop 
downloading. We do not have to have them, but...

Robert Brenstein