What is another name for proprietary software?
Proprietary software, also known as non-free software or closed-source software, is computer software for which the software’s publisher or another person reserves some rights from licenses to use, modify, share modifications, or share the software.
What is meant by an LGPL software Licence?
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation. The LGPL provides a more permissive alternative for the strictly copyleft GPL.
What software is released under LGPL license?
The most common are MIT, BSD, MPL, Apache, and any software declared in the public domain. LPGL is in the family of permissive licenses with the primary exception that the source of the library cannot be modified, without also releasing those modifications under the LGPL.
Can I use GPL v3 to distribute my software?
You may copy, distribute and modify the software as long as you track changes/dates of in source files and keep modifications under GPL. You can distribute your application using a GPL library commercially, but you must also provide the source code. GPL v3 tries to close some loopholes in GPL v2.
Is it legal to distribute GPL programs on non-GPL OS?
We can force such rules in the jungle, but in real life (juridical of country or state) it depends on who, whom, when and what. The legal problem (law) raise when you do an act of distributing GPL program as binary or library on non GPL OS.
What exactly does the GPL do?
The essence of the GPL is that it does not limit what you can do with the software — it imposes requirements on you when you Convey or Propagate the covered work. To quote the GPLv3:
Do I need to license a library under the GPL?
Yes, because the program actually links to the library. As such, the terms of the GPL apply to the entire combination. The software modules that link with the library may be under various GPL compatible licenses, but the work as a whole must be licensed under the GPL.