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IDK a lot of proprietary developers don't understand the LGPL and are scared by its copyleft. They like how simple the MIT license is. Also, apple's app store
by est31 6y ago
IDK a lot of proprietary developers don't understand the LGPL and are scared by its copyleft. They like how simple the MIT license is.
Also, apple's app store is famously LGPL-incompatible.
- heavyset_go 6y ago> Also, apple's app store is famously LGPL-incompatible. If you're shipping a proprietary application that links to LGPL libraries in accordance to the license, that's fine. It's GPL applications that the App Store bans.
- est31 6y agoNot a lawyer but LGPLv3 contains the anti tivoization rule, which might cause issues with the mandatory signing.