Re: GPL or LGPL ?

["Sergio A. Kessler" <sak tribctas gba gov ar>]

Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo@linuxave.net> el día Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:08:51 +0200, 
escribió:

>"Derek A. Neighbors" wrote:
>> 
>> > Yes, you are right, I haven't thought about this, but isn't it better to
>> > let commercial applications to be developed with gnome-db? What do you
>> > think?
>> 
>> I think it depends on how much you value freedom and want others to
>> respect it.  If you really want people to use free software and you wish
>> to propogate it you would use the GPL and suffer a small loss in those
>> willing to use the product.
>> 
>> If your primary concern is making all parties happy and getting the most
>> possible users than LGPL is the way to go.
>> 
>> I of course lean towards exposing people to the GPL and making them
>> understand their freedom, but I am somewhat of a zealot on this issue.
>>
>I value freedom, and I would like to have all software under the GPL
>license, but I did it like this (LGPL) as this is how all the GNOME
>libraries are licensed.
>
>And, the more I think about this, the more I prefer to license them
>under the GPL, but I'd like to do it only if all of you agree with that.
>So what do you prefer?
>
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