LGPL Last modified: Thursday, June 14, 2007
Short for Lesser General Public License, the license that accompanies some open source software that details how the software and its accompany source code can be freely copied, distributed and modified. A Lesser General Public License is used to license free software so that it can be incorporated into both free software and proprietary software, and is often referred to as the weaker sibling of GPL. The LGPL and GPL licenses differ with one major exception; with LGPL the the requirement that you open up the source code to your own extensions to the software is removed. The most widespread use of LGPL is in reference to the GNU LGPL. LGPL is also called GNU libraries and formally called the Library GPL. Contrast with GPL. Learn more about Open Source in Webopedia's " Did You Know...?" section.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about LGPL . Also check out the following links! The GNU GPL  The full text of Version 2 of the GNU GPL. Open Source Initiative OSI - The LGPL: Licensing This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL. It also counts as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence the version number 2.1.	OSRC Initiatives GPL GPU Mono Open Software Foundation (OSF) open source Open Source Initiative OWASP Give Us Your Feedback Shopping LGPL Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Plumbing Supplies 17 Store Offers Home Furnishings 6 Store Offers Building Supplies 3 Store Offers