LGPL clarification

John Cowan jcowan at reutershealth.com
Wed Nov 1 18:20:24 UTC 2000


Bryan George wrote:

> >    - If not, would it be difficult to surgically alter the LGPL to remove
> >    the OMAREC and maintain GPL compatibility?
> >
> > No.  All you have to do is retain section 3.
> 
> Sounds like it may be the way to go.

Unfortunately, the very first line of the LGPL prevents this solution:
variants of the LGPL may not be created.

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