LGPL vs GPLv2

Zeno Davatz zdavatz at gmail.com
Fri May 20 11:34:55 UTC 2005


Ok, thanks for all the replies. So there is actually no big difference
between GPL and the GPLv2? Is that correct?

So actually the main difference is still between GPL/GPLv2 vs LGPL.

Thanks for any Feedback.
Zeno

On 5/20/05, Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com> wrote:
> > Can anybody point me to a nice summary of the main differences between
> > the LGPL and the GPLv2?
> 
> Take a look at Chapter 6 of my book, which is now available online:
> http://rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm.
> 
> /Larry Rosen
> 
> Lawrence Rosen
> Rosenlaw & Einschlag, technology law offices (www.rosenlaw.com)
> 3001 King Ranch Road, Ukiah, CA 95482
> 707-485-1242  ●  fax: 707-485-1243
> Author of "Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and
>    Intellectual Property Law" (Prentice Hall 2004)
>    [Available also at www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm]
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Zeno Davatz [mailto:zdavatz at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:28 AM
> > To: license-discuss at opensource.org
> > Subject: LGPL vs GPLv2
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Can anybody point me to a nice summary of the main differences between
> > the LGPL and the GPLv2?
> >
> > Any input is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks and best
> > Zeno
> 
>



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