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Why isn't libpurple, being a library, licensed under the LGPL, instead of the GPL? If it were, then there would be no problem linking with OpenSSL if I underst

Why isn't libpurple, being a library, licensed under the LGPL, instead of the GPL? If it were, then there would be no problem linking with OpenSSL if I understand things correctly.

natrius 14y ago
libpurple was not always separate from Pidgin (née Gaim). Relicensing is hard.
- ioquatix 14y ago
  "Relicensing GPL code is hard." FTFY.