Category:GNU Library General Public License
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The GNU Library General Public License was designed to overcome certain limitations of the GNU General Public License with regard to open source libraries. Specifically under the original GPL, works developed using a library, called derivative works, are technically also required to be open source with code released under the GPL terms. This is undesirable for some open source libraries as it restricts the library to only be used by those who are willing to open source their derivative works.
The LGPL distinguishes derivative works, applications made with an open source library, from derivative libraries, which are new libraries based on the open source library. The LGPL allows derivate works to hold whatever licensing terms are desired so long as the original library is credited and released. Code for the derivate work need not be releated. However, derivate libraries are required to be released under the LGPL with copyright and source code also released.
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