> What is the advantage of the change for developers and contributors to
> this list of e-mails?

http://www.wikivs.com/wiki/GPL_vs_LGPL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License
http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-gpl-and-lgpl/

LGPL is a lot more permissive, derivative products can be made from it.
The GPL license in certain situations can be not permissive enough.
For instance, the GPL license has been incompatible with  FreeCAD's licensing, 
while the project could massively benefit from one another.

-jelle
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