GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1

Details

Instance of

free software license, open-source license, version, edition or translation

Publication date

February 1999

Follows

GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0

Followed by

GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0

Author

Free Software Foundation

Movement

free software movement

approved by

Free Software Foundation, Open Source Initiative, Debian

different from

GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later

edition or translation of

GNU Lesser General Public License

first line

The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software—to make sure the software is free for all its users.

last line

That’s all there is to it!

short name

GNU LGPL v2.1

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