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Why did SDL change from LGPL? (www.libsdl.org)

submitted 2 years ago by Amicchan@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Apparently SDL-org changed the license of SDL from the LGPL (a copyleft license) to zlib (a permissive license).^[Older Releases (Check the license in versions before SDL2 and 1.3.)]

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

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[–] sasalzig@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

LGPL says the user needs to be able to replace the LGPL'ed code with their own modified version. You can't do that on an iPhone. I think that's the issue there.

Also the SDL devs are themselves game developers/porters (I think that came out of Loki games), so it's not so hard to understand why they would relicense their stuff, it basically makes their own life easier also.