Re: ddraw.h, dinput.h and dsound.h in Cygwin/MinGW

Danny Smith <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:30:43 +1200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.wine.license
Message-ID <001301c4a52d$11e331f0$616d65da@DANNY>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Ekberg"

> Danny, Earnie, why doesn't the LGPL qualify in the w32api package?

I have nothing against the LGPL.  I just don't want a precedent for the
w32api. So far the w32api has been free of any licensing issues.
Adding a licensing issue opens the door for more "Well, dinput.h is
LGPL,  why  can't we add lgpl_foo.h and lgpl_foo.def"

Anyways, how does L(=Library)GPL work for interfaces into proprietary,
closed-source libraries?  It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Danny


Cheers,
Peter