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.


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

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