Show HN: Toy – A thin C++ game engine

Re:Show HN: Toy – A thin C++ game engine by corysama on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @12:41PM (#17664191)

Then how about “GPL with the static linking exception” (used by glibc, which is statically linked by zillions of non-open softwares).

AFAICT, that license comes down to “You only need to publish changes to our GPL code, not your own code that uses our code”. So, it’s non-viral.

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Re:Show HN: Toy – A thin C++ game engine by reidrac on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @01:00PM (#17664406)

I think you meant "Lesser GPL with the static linking exception". IIRC glibc is "stock" LGPL 2.1 without any linking exception, so I may have misunderstood your comment and you mean just LGPL.

The LGPL is not viral but it has some requirements that are inconvenient when distributing a game, specially it makes static linking impossible.

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Re:Show HN: Toy – A thin C++ game engine by corysama on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @01:28PM (#17664708)

You are right glibc is LGPL. It's libstdc++ I was thinking of https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/license.html

Looks like what I'm looking for can be found in MPLv2 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/FAQ/

Ex: http://zeromq.org/area:licensing is currently LGPLw/exception, but intends to move to MPLv2 because it is legally more clear.

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