[ID3 Dev] I want to make my Java API OpenSource

[Scott Wheeler]

On Tuesday 06 June 2006 20:39, Michal Vician wrote:
> I would like to make it OPEN SOURCE (nothing commercial), so anybody can
> use it and also freely contribute to make the API better... However, I
> don't really understand the diferences between GPL and LGPL. I'm stuck!
> Any ideas what would be the best thing to do in this situation?

The basic difference is that the GPL requires all things that are using your 
library to be Open Source also, whereas the LGPL allows non-Open Source 
applications to also use your library, but they still are required to publish 
any changes that they make to your library.

-Scott

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is not utterly absurd. 
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