[fpc-devel] LGPL vs BSD

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Fri, 4 Aug 2006, schreef Graeme Geldenhuys:

> Hi,
> =

> I am no expert in all the different licenses available, but would like
> to understand them better.  I understand the difference between GPL
> and LGPL, but at first glance the LGPL and the BSD licenses seem to do
> the same.  The end-user may change the code and use it in free or
> commercial apps.
> =

> What is the major differences between the BSD and LGPL?

With LGPL, the LGPL part of the software remains free software, i.e. its =

source code needs to be distributed or made available on request. Of =

course, with BSD the source code usually remains available on the net as =

well.

The most practical difference is when you have modified the code, with =

LGPL this means the source code on the net is no longer the source code of =

the program you distribute, so if somebody requests the code you will have =

to make your changes public.

With BSD, no requirements exist, so you can keep your changes private.

Dani=EBl