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What Is the GNU Lesser General Public License?

April 26, 2017GNU Lesser license public

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What Is the GNU Lesser General Public License?

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The GNU Lesser General Public License is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation, or FSF. It is an alternative to both traditional copyright, which some consider to be too restrictive, and the original GNU General Public License, which others considered to be too permissive. The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), first published in 1999, is different than the GNU General Public License, or GPL, in several ways. The most important difference being that programs licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License can be accessed or used by any program, including copyrighted proprietary programs. Software licensed under the traditional GPL can only be used by or linked to by other free software.