Well, the FSF itself uses the concept of weak: For example,
when describing WxWidgets:
Like the LGPL it is a weak copyleft license, so we recommend it only in
special circumstances.
So, at least according to https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html,
the FSF considers LGPL as weak
On 09/04/15 15:27, Jim Jagielski wrote:
Well, the FSF itself uses the concept of weak: For example,
when describing WxWidgets:
Like the LGPL it is a weak copyleft license, so we recommend it only in
special circumstances.
So, at least according to
Quoting Gervase Markham (g...@mozilla.org):
The normal definition of weak that I have seen is a copyleft whose
scope applies only to the code specifically licensed under it, e.g. the
MPLv2. The LGPL rather falls in between this definition of weak, and
the strong copyleft of the GPL.
This
Maybe we can summarize so far:
ULTRA-STRONG(AGPL)
STRONG (GPL)
MORE THAN WEAK (LGPL)
ALMOST WEAK (EPL)
WEAK(MPL)
VERY WEAK (APACHE)
ULTRA-WEAK (CC0)
This rather simple scale is not reflected in copyright law or any
Jim Jagielski scripsit:
So, at least according to
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html,
the FSF considers LGPL as weak copyleft.
Looking at the uses of 'weak' on that page suggests that to the FSF,
at least, a weak copyleft license is one that permits the licensed
work to be
Interesting - I always thought that the distinction between strong and
weak copyleft was in respect of how the code is linked.
Are there any/many examples however of weak copyleft given that
definition? I would have thought that weak copyleft under that
definition would be largely ineffective, as
I believe that the legal key is distribution of the licensed code, not
linking to it.
The LGPL defines a Combined Work and has requirements on what is
required when you distribute a combined work together. The intent is
clearly that if you distribute the combined work together and DO NOT
meet
It looks like you may consider LGPL to be a weak copyleft license; my
apologies if you don't! But if you do...
I do not believe the LGPL to be a weak copyleft license. Strong
copyleft implies that the scope of the required reciprocity is the source
needed to create the distributed binary, while
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