Re: [pygame] Distributing pygame games for non-Windows platforms

[Kris Schnee <kschnee@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Charles Joseph Christie II wrote:
> Why not [release all source code]?

Because I don't necessarily want to give away everything I program and 
the exact techniques I used. If for instance I made a complete game, I 
would not be happy if someone promptly changed the code to remove any 
shareware limitations, or even added a virus. Having said that, I'm 
happy to give away _some_ of what I do.

> Also, what does the GPL have to do with anything? Is pyinstaller GPL?

Pygame itself uses the LGPL. According to 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGPL>, building a standalone executable 
that _uses_ Pygame without including a modified version of Pygame still 
requires that it "be possible for the software to be linked with a newer 
version of [Pygame]." It's possible that all that means is, people must 
be able to replace the "library" ZIP file that Py2EXE creates -- an act 
that doesn't require releasing the source. Still, I don't understand 
whether that's all that's required.

Kris