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Why you shouldn't use the Lesser GPL for your next library - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

https://gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html

“Why you shouldn't use the Lesser GPL for your next library The GNU Project has two principal licenses to use for libraries. One is the GNU Lesser GPL; the other is the ordinary GNU GPL. The choice of license makes a big difference: using the Lesser GPL permits use of the library in proprietary...” (from the page’s text)

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  • https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html “more permissive license”

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