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Does this text seem more rational to you? https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html It's an argument for wh
by CuriousSkeptic 10y ago
Does this text seem more rational to you? https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html
It's an argument for why LGPL exists, and when FSF thinks its the appropriate choice. It seems to me that it disproves the irrational black-and-white view of the world you cite.
- hutzlibu 10y agoWell, it's true, I wasn't aware of the lgpl anymore, but apparently just like rms, because this quote from him from the interview, in which he seperates the Open-Source Movement, from the "Free Software Movement": > They think it’s just fine if someone wants to > write proprietary extensions to their software would mean, that everybody who uses the lgpl is not part of the "Free software movement" anymore ...
- CuriousSkeptic 10y agoMy interpretation was LGPL exists to treat it like strategic sacrifices. It's not "just fine, it's a bearable evil for the greater good.