LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1

20 Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
34 intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to
35 make sure the software is free for all its users.
38 designated software packages--typically libraries--of the Free Software
44 When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom of use, not
46 the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this
48 want it; that you can change the software and use pieces of it in new free
69 warranty for the free library. Also, if the library is modified by someone
75 free program. We wish to make sure that a company cannot effectively
76 restrict the users of a free program by obtaining a restrictive license
85 libraries in order to permit linking those libraries into non-free
97 License. It also provides other free software developers Less of an
98 advantage over competing non-free programs. These disadvantages are the
105 standard. To achieve this, non-free programs must be allowed to use the
106 library. A more frequent case is that a free library does the same job as
107 widely used non-free libraries. In this case, there is little to gain by
108 limiting the free library to free software only, so we use the Lesser
111 In other cases, permission to use a particular library in non-free programs
112 enables a greater number of people to use a large body of free
113 software. For example, permission to use the GNU C Library in non-free
386     would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Library by all
399     integrity of the free software distribution system which is implemented
418 13. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of
427     the Free Software Foundation. If the Library does not specify a license
428     version number, you may choose any version ever published by the Free
431 14. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Library into other free
434     copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software
436     guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all
437     derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse
442 15. BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
467 possible use to the public, we recommend making it free software that
480 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
482 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
491 along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,