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Choosing between GPL and LGPL

From Noob <root@127.0.0.1>
Newsgroups comp.compression
Subject Choosing between GPL and LGPL
Date 2011-06-27 11:31 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Captain Obvious wrote:

> To be fair, I don't think a non-lawyer can understand the difference
> between [GPL and LGPL] just by reading license, it was not written
> with human beings in mind.

Are you implying lawyers are soul-eating demons?  ;-)

For the record, the FSF does provide /some/ guidance.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html

Regards.

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    Re: I want to replace the logic jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 06:04 -0700
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        Re: I want to replace the logic Captain Obvious <alex.mizrahi@gmail.com> - 2011-06-26 13:39 +0300
          Choosing between GPL and LGPL Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2011-06-27 11:31 +0200
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