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List:       wine-devel
Subject:    Re: Should we stop linking to FAudio for our XAudio implementation?
From:       Zebediah Figura <zfigura () codeweavers ! com>
Date:       2023-03-29 21:15:38
Message-ID: 535ae58d-98d5-cda7-73cb-b07efacdb1ca () codeweavers ! com
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On 3/29/23 15:33, Esme Povirk wrote:
> OK, maybe it's more complicated than I thought. Here's my best guess from
> what I know:
> 
> In the case of Tivoization, the GPL code isn't linked with any proprietary
> code. The user can still build the program as a whole, but is unable to
> sign it so that the device will execute it.
> 
> In this case, LGPL code is linked with proprietary code: both the game
> itself and the vendor's libraries. In this situation, section 6 requires a
> way for the user to relink the rest of the code to their modified version
> of the library: either source code, object code, or a dynamically linked
> binary. A game developer could theoretically distribute their game's source
> code or object code without the assets, but they cannot redistribute the
> tools and libraries from the platform vendor to the general public.

Oh, interesting, so I guess LGPL 2 effectively also prevents 
tivoization. Actually, now that you've explained it, I vaguely remember 
that being discussed last Wineconf (either as part of Bradley Kuhn's 
talk or a more informal conversation).


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