I emailed the author of glee about this, and I never got an email back. This was weeks ago. I think this is the a BSD style license, so maybe some of you can explain this to me. The License states that:

Quote: LICENSE Copyright (c)2005 Ben Woodhouse All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY BEN WOODHOUSE ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BEN WOODHOUSE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

I don't understand how this applies to linking to the .lib file in a closed source app, which isn't said to be prohibited. I can understand putting 'This software makes use of the GLEE library Copyright (c)2005 Ben Woodhouse All rights reserved.', but why would you put someone else's disclaimer in your readme?

Quote: Original post by Vampyre_Dark
I can understand putting 'This software makes use of the GLEE library Copyright (c)2005 Ben Woodhouse All rights reserved.', but why would you put someone else's disclaimer in your readme?

The disclaimer is there to protect the author. They want to ensure it stays in place so they make it a condition that the disclaimer is included, otherwise you can't use/distribute their software. At the end of the day it is their copyright and they can set the terms under which it is used.