>>> Who is going to explain this to Mr. Stallman ? >> I think he already understands. For libraries that must achieve >> extremely wide deployment, and for which the GPL is too restrictive, >> he has devised the LGPL.
Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Actually I think he doesn't look at it this same wasy was you. The LGPL > (in his view) is when their's already good "closed" versions of that > library, so that if you'd GPL the library no one would use it b/c of the > "viral" nature, since they have alternatives. The GPL should be used in > all other cases. > > see http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html It's a free country, we can have our own view. If it allows us to meet our goals more easily, we should have our own view. Dan
