[fpc-devel] LGPL vs MPL

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 12/26/06, Florian Klaempfl <florian at freepascal.org> wrote:
> > Many just see GPL and stay away...
>
> Don't make the common fault about OSS. Not users are important but
> developers. And (L)GPL is much more developer friendly. Further, most
> big OSS projects I know being completly "hobbyist" driven are (L)GPL.

I was talking about developers.  Many have the misconception that GPL
and LGPL state that all code must be made available, which scares
commercial users away.
They see LGPL and think GPL. I guess it all boils down to the lack of
knowing what each license means/says.


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Graeme Geldenhuys

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