[PD-dev] seeking advice on Pd gui overhaul

[Arnout Engelen]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 07:46:32PM -0500, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
> Hence, I personally feel going after JUCE or Qt still allows Pd to be as 
> platform-agnostic as Pd currently is (with the exception that these are 
> AFAIK using GPL as opposed to BSD license)

This could be an issue: unless the new GUI would be decoupled from Pd (which 
is a bit of a muddy discussion), using a GPL GUI library would only be allowed
if Pd itself was also licensed under the GPL. As Pd is currently under a 
BSDish license, (afaik) it can probably fairly easily switch to GPL - but 
that'd leave anyone who relies on the freedom offered by the BSD(ish) license 
in the cold.

Qt, however, is also offered under the LGPL, so that should be no problem.

It looks like JUCE is offered under both the GPL and a commercial license, 
neither seem a good fit for Pd.


Arnout