Licensing Questions toward Freebasic Libs

[Thorbenn]

Hi,

i came across a couple of topics here about the license of the fbgfx Lib and read that it was under the LGPL License. I am now totaly confused. Do I have to release my Code if I include the fbgfx lib to my Project and only call Functions from it? I am not modifying these or anything like this just simply using them. I googled a bit about the License and this is what really confused me.

For example if i had a Programm like this using the lib ( I know its an stupid Code that nobody would want :P ) would i have to release it as LGPL or could i put it under any License i wanted and even use it commercially as closed Source?

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#Include "fbgfx.bi"

Using fb

'defining how big our Window will be
#Define screenX 640
#Define screenY 480 

'open window with defined values
ScreenRes screenX, screenY, 32

Dim quit As UInteger
quit = 0

Do
	
	If MultiKey(SC_1) Then
		Cls
		Draw STRING ( 10, 2), "Hello World "
	EndIf

	If MultiKey(SC_2) Then
		Cls 
		Draw STRING ( 10, 2), "Hello World 222"
	EndIf
	
	'end loop when escape is pressed
	If MultiKey(SC_ESCAPE) Then
		quit = 1
	EndIf
	
Loop Until quit

End

Same Question as above for the "crt.bi" and other libs from freebasic.

Thanks for the answers!

Kind Regards
Thorbeen

[MOD]

The license of fbgfx was changed so it contains the same exception like fbrtl. You can create closed source programs with it, no problem.

For all other libraries check out the licenses of these libraries.

[Thorbenn]

okay thank you very much for the answer. I was a bit confused about this.

Thanks,
Thorbenn