Why did SDL change from LGPL?

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Why did SDL change from LGPL?

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Libre Culture · 2 years ago

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Simple DirectMedia Layer - License

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/277744

Apparently SDL-org changed the license of SDL from the LGPL (a copyleft license) to zlib (a permissive license).^[1]

I don’t get why SDL-org would make the license change; unless if it’s for popularity.

Older Releases (Check the license in versions before SDL2 and 1.3.) ↩︎

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