Re: [Duplicity-talk] Re: Duplicati

[Maurizio Vitale]

I don't think LGPL is limited to libraries (in many places 'L' stands  
for 'Lesser', including in the text of the license itself).
The main difference is that it removes the 'viral' part of the GPL  
allowing one to link
additional code without having to release their portion.

Maurizio Vitale

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On May 6, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Kenneth Loafman wrote:

> Michael Terry wrote:
> > 2009/5/6 Kenneth Loafman <address@hidden>:
> > > Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
> >
> > I hate to bring up the issue of licenses again, but Duplicati is  
> > LGPL.
> >  I'm 99% sure you can't take GPL code (either 2 or 3) and make it
> > LGPL.
> >
> > Even if he rewrote it in a different language, a quick perusal of the
> > code indicates there is some very similar code.  I don't know the
> > legal issues involved, but the relicense seem shady to me.
>
> Not sure about the rewrite part, but can it be an executable and be
> LGPL?  I thought L was for library and duplicati is not a library.
>
> ...Ken
>
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