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Numsgil:
That's true of the GPL agreement, but there's also a LGPL agreement that's used for libraries.

Basically the LGPL means that you can compile your code such that the library is a DLL that you dynamically link against and you don't have to make your code open source.  However if you change the library code in a non trivial way you're supposed to allow the source to be viewed somewhere.  The LGPL allows commercial closed source projects to be built with open source solutions.  Ogre uses the same licensing (and the BSD below I believe).

ODE also provides the even less restrictive BSD license which allows you to use the source code free of charge in your commercial products, pretty much however you want provided you acknowledge that you're using the library and provide a copy of the license.

You can see the licenses here.

EricL:
ODE sounds like a fine choice then.  My comments were general in nature.  I've been burned by the GPL before...

Numsgil:
Yeah, GPL can be very bad for softare developers trying to make a living.

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