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The '''GNU Lesser General Public License''' is a software license designed as a compromise between the [[GPL|GNU General Public License]] and the simple permissive licenses of [[w:X Window System|X Window System]] and [[w:BSD|BSD]]. | The '''GNU Lesser General Public License''' is a software license designed as a compromise between the [[GPL|GNU General Public License]] and the simple permissive licenses of [[w:X Window System|X Window System]] and [[w:BSD|BSD]]. | ||
It places a [[copyleft]] restriction on individual source code files but does not copyleft the program as a whole. | It places a [[copyleft]] restriction on individual source code files but does not copyleft the program as a whole. | ||
The license is useful for software libraries; it was once called the GNU Library General Public License. | |||
The license is useful for software libraries; it was once called the GNU Library General Public License. The name change is likely more related to the FSF's [[propaganda]] aims than a concern for generality in projects that aren't libraries. | |||
==External Link== | ==External Link== | ||