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DO NOT USE! LICENSING / LEGAL ADVICE IS OFF TOPIC -- LGPL questions should be asked on opensource.stackexchange.com - The GNU Lesser General Public License is a weak copyleft free software license and is the second most popular open source license. It is generally designed for and used by software libraries.

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The [GNU Lesser General Public License][1] (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) or LGPL is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It was designed as a compromise between the strong-copyleft GNU General Public License or GPL and permissive licenses such as the BSD licenses and the MIT License.

The LGPL is primarily used for software libraries, although it is also used by some stand-alone applications, most notably Mozilla and OpenOffice.org and sometimes media as well.

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2D Geometry library: LGPL alternative to CGAL?

CGAL seems to do just about everything I need and a little more for my upcoming project. It can create polygons out of arc line segments and run boolean operations on them. It has spatial sorting packages already that would save me a lot of time…
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Is it possible to use CKEditor in commercial web site?

I plan to use CKEditor in commercial site. I've read http://ckeditor.com/license but I didn't understand how it is possible to have pricing for commercial use while they offer LGPL(which is good choice for commercial use)
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Using LGPL library in Paid Android App

Can I use a LGPL library in my paid android application? I am not going to modify the LGPL lib, I just want to use it. Is it legal?
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LGPL licensed library

I have read the LGPL license but its so complicated that I couldn't figure out the answer for my questions. I want to use a LGPL library in my project. No change will be done in the LGPL library. This project is a website application used by…
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GNU Lesser GPL, application sell?

Possible Duplicate: Using LGPL library in a commercial Java application Hello guys! There is a project under the GNU Lesser GPL license. I want to use this project in my application. Can I sell my application using this license?
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Using LGPL library in a commercial Java application

I have a commercial Java application which I will be distributing. I want to use an LGPL'd java library. I wont be modifying the library. Does the LGPL license of that library have any impact on my application's license?
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LGPL Machine Learning with Random Forest - C++

I am looking for a library with following features: Minimalistics with Random Forest learning and classification LGPL licenced In C++ CMake build system - not compulsory So far Waffles looks good, any other contenders ?
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Qt single EXE with LGPL?

I don't know much about the LGPL/GPL when it comes to distributing programs (without a Qt license); If I made a program, could I statically link the libraries to the exe so I have a single file to distribute when: The program does not cost…
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Does Apple allow Qt on iOS as dynamic library?

With the technology preview of Android/iOS support in Qt 5.1, are there any news on deploying to Apple's app store yet? Since the non-commercial version of Qt is LGPL-licensed, and dylibs are usually not permitted by the app store rules, there would…
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Licensing implications of calling 7-Zip from within proprietary application

I want to use 7-Zip within my proprietary application. 7-Zip is LGPL Consider that within my application I call via its command line interface using system() something like this: system( "7-Zip -blah -blah" ); If I use 7-Zip this way do I have any…
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How to deploy Qt5 application on Linux in compliance with LGPL?

Recently, I have successfully migrated my Qt4 application to Qt5. In fact, the application builds and runs on a development machine using the pre-built binary Qt5 libraries from the qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.3.1 distribution. Because my app needs to…
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LGPL Can you distribute an executable by itself if source code is available separately?

I have written a small app which links against libraries released under the LGPL. All of my source code (C/Lua) will be freely available from my GitHub page. However, due to the nature of my app (must be entirely and trivially portable) and its…
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How to bundle LGPL libraries into commercial Eclipse-based application?

I'm going to bundle several LGPL libraries into commercial Eclipse-based application as plug-ins (I generate plug-in from an existing Jar for each library). My application is not LGPL, and it's closed source app. After reading point (6) of the LGPL…
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iOS app and LGPL issue

I have an iOS app which use the ffmpeg library, and iOS should compile in static link. According to the LGPLv2, do I release my source code related my UI or other bussiness logic ?
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How Does The LGPL Apply To Web and defining distribution?

If I use an lgpl licensed javascript library, do I have to release my closed source web app that is using it? I feel like I don't have to, so long as I don't modify the source of the library. I would like to use an lgpl javascript wysiwyg in a…
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