LGPL - A change on the way (Groklaw) [LWN.net]

LGPL - A change on the way (Groklaw)

Posted Jul 14, 2006 2:03 UTC (Fri) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: LGPL - A change on the way (Groklaw) by Richard_J_Neill
Parent article: LGPL - A change on the way (Groklaw)

I'm sure that that's exactly what RMS hopes will happen to projects.

however, glibc does not account for all libraries. there are a lot of libraries out there (most of gnome and kde are supposedly libraries remember)

now it has always been possible to take a lgpl project and add gpl code to make the result gpl-only, so this is nothing new, they are just being more explicit in pushing for it to happen.

and personally, I think this is just one more thing that will slow the adoption of the gplv3 for many significant projects (note that I don't doubt that very quickly after the release of the gplv3 numericly the majority of projects will switch, but in terms of real projects that are under development I expect it will take a bit longer)

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LGPL - A change on the way (Groklaw)

Posted Jul 14, 2006 4:59 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

""Being able to convert LGPL to GPL sounds like a bad idea to me. It is just going to provide the potential for lots of dumb lawsuits.""

Well since that is exactly how it works right now I dont' think it's a problem. LGPL is GPL compatable. Anyone at any time can release a GPL'd version of a LGPL program, right now.

They are just making it more obvious by explicitly stating it.

(Along with a couple other points about people adding additional restrictions. (like the example "Oh this GPL'd program is for non-commercial use only", which doesn't make sense. You'd have to use a different license entirely))