OSI Approval process

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Fri Sep 28 21:24:24 UTC 2007


Philippe Verdy wrote:
> You have visibly not read the LGPL, which names itself as “Lesser GPL” not
> as “Library GPL” as it was the case in the very old 1.0 version.

No, /you/ have apparently not read the LGPL (except possibly the title).

> The term used in the LGPL since long is “Lesser” not “Library”, even if it contains some
> additional permissions that are specific to libraries,

The LGPL still uses the term Library.  There is nothing in the license
specific to libraries.  The license (though relicensing under GPL is
allowed) is specific to Libraries.

Matt Flaschen



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