Why LGPL when the original license is more permissive? (

red_admiral • yesterday at 4:22 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Why LGPL when the original license is more permissive? (https://sourceware.org/bzip2/manual/manual.html)

atiedebee • yesterday at 4:34 PM

bzip3 is not made by the same author as bzip2, that's why there is a licence disparity.

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greyw • yesterday at 6:12 PM

The author of bzip3 probably doesnt like pushover licenses so made user rights stronger

LtWorf • yesterday at 4:36 PM

Please stop questioning people's choice of license.

If you don't like it, you're entitled to not using it.

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