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It is amazing to me the commentary confusing GPL and LGPL on this site. The misinformation being spread about the LGPL, or just assuming the LGPL is the same as the GPL is mind boggling. I can't be to surprised, I guess. GPL happens after the L, and of course, we know GPL "doesn't allow commercial applications" right? So that's all we need to discuss.

Seriously, it's just four characters, and doesn't take long to look up without just assuming it's the same as the GPL.

The argument "the lawyers saw GPL in LGPL and just made an assumption" is all the more plausible when you have people in the field who make the same mistake.



The GPL does allow commercial applications. That's how we got Linux, nearly every embedded board support package ever, etc.


I should have been more explicit by making it clear that part was sarcasm based on the comments I'm seeing elsewhere on this post. Apologies.


Sorry, I probably should have given the quotation marks more weight.




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