Posted by: Joseph Colton
on September 11, 2003 08:30 AM
Microsoft has been against the GPL license because they say it is like a virus. It requires all derived source code to also release the source code. Microsoft has said that the BSD style licence is better because derived works can be distributed in binary form without disclosing the added source. The LGPL is also similar. The LGPL was created to encourage programmers and developers to join the Free Software movement, but with out being Open Source. The LGPL allows you to create works linked to LGPL libraries without releasing your source code. This is what Microsoft wants. There is nothing surprising about Microsoft being willing to support LGPL if they are against GPL. The two licenses are different.
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LGPL is similar to BSD
Posted by: Joseph Colton on September 11, 2003 08:30 AM#