The LGPL or *GNU _GNU Lesser General Public License* License_ is a [[FSF|Free Software Foundation]] license that allows for free distribution, with the restriction that modifications to the software must be distributed under the terms of the LGPL as well.

The LGPL however allows linking from non copyleft code and thus is less restrictive than the more popular [[License:GPL|GNU General Public License]].

The LGPL was once termed the Library license instead of the Lesser license, to indicate that the LGPL may be used in circumstances where the viral nature of the license should be restricted to a self-contained library and not the surrounding code.

h2. External Links

* "Full text of the LGPL at gnu.org":http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html

The LGPL or _GNU Lesser General Public License_ is a [[FSF|Free Software Foundation]] license that allows for free distribution, with the restriction that modifications to the software must be distributed under the terms of the LGPL as well.

The LGPL however allows linking from non copyleft code and thus is less restrictive than the more popular [[License:GPL|GNU General Public License]].

The LGPL License]], and was once termed the Library license instead of the Lesser license, to indicate that the LGPL may be used in circumstances where the viral nature of the license should be restricted to a self-contained library and not the surrounding code.

h2. External Links

* "Full text of the LGPL at gnu.org":http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html