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GPL -> LGPL is a logical move here, regardless of what rabid Stallmanites say

GPL -> LGPL is a logical move here, regardless of what rabid Stallmanites say

Posted Feb 21, 2012 0:19 UTC (Tue) by jensend (guest, #1385)
In reply to: GPL -> LGPL is a logical move here, regardless of what rabid Stallmanites say by Kluge
Parent article: VLC 2.0 released

???

They want their software to be _more_ widely usable than the GPL3 allows, not less. So being deliberately GPL3-incompatible would be self-defeating.


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