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@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ Lesser General Public License (LGPL); see the file COPYING.LIB for the actual terms. However some parts are distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) so if you configure Libgcrypt to - include these modules or use these modules as dynamically loaded - plug-ins, you have to comply with the conditions of the GPL as - found in the file COPYING. The modules under the GPL are: + include these modules, you have to comply with the conditions of + the GPL as found in the file COPYING. The modules under the GPL + are: rndunix - Entropy gatherer for Unices without a /dev/random rndw32 - Entropy gatherer for MS Windows @@ -67,9 +67,14 @@ similar to Libcrypt. We decided that to foster the use of cryptography in Free Software an LGPLed library would make more sense because it avoids problems due to license incompatibilities - between some Free Software licenses and the GPL. Please note that - it general the use of the LGPL is not suggested, see - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html + between some Free Software licenses and the GPL. + + Please note that in many cases it is better for a library to be + licensed under the GPL, so that it provides an advantage for free + software projects. The Lesser GPL is so named because it does + less to protect the freedom of the users of the code that it + covers. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html for + more explanation. |