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This captures the spirit of the gpl, while getting the actual terms of the LGPL wrong. All FSF licenses are about ensuring end user freedom, however in the cont
by kapilvt 5y ago
This captures the spirit of the gpl, while getting the actual terms of the LGPL wrong. All FSF licenses are about ensuring end user freedom, however in the context of the LGPL, it only restricts a developer if they are directly modifying the code of the library itself, in the case of toit that would be about modifications to the language itself. Footnotes would be more useful linking to actual information so here’s one [a]
For reference gcc is GPLv3 but that doesn’t obviously apply to inputs/outputs of the program that same reference is in the context of a language like toit. [b]
[a] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#LGPLv3ContributorVersion https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#LGPLv3Contribut...
[b] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#CanIUseGPLToolsForNF https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#CanIUseGPLTools...