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  • From: Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: GNU GPL vs. GNU LGPL
  • Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:31:37 -0700

Rob Myers wrote:
But the poster has a point regarding the human readable versions of CC's GPL and LGPL
descriptions. They are -erm- identical apart from the word "lesser", and do
not mention the modular/atomic nature of the LGPL, which is an important difference as
you point out.

This is now fixed, thanks to Dave Turned at the FSF who sent me suggested language for the LGPL.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/LGPL/2.1/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/GPL/2.0/

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Mike Linksvayer
http://creativecommons.org/learn/aboutus/people#21




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