Is BSD compatible with LGPL?
You cannot use LGPL code in a BSD-licensed project. When you are using LGPL’ed code the LGPL behaves very similar to the GPL. You can then only publish your project under the LGPL or GPL (even though some individual files in your project that do not depend on the LGPLed parts may use compatible licenses such as BSD).
Is BSD license permissive?
BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software. The original BSD license was used for its namesake, the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix-like operating system.
What BSD license means?
BSD licenses are a low restriction type of license for open source software that does not put requirements on redistribution. As a low restriction and requirement license type, Berkeley Source Distribution (BSD) licenses are used for the distribution of many freeware, shareware and open source software.
Is LGPL compatible with MIT?
The LGPL allows to be used from non-free software (while MIT is even free software), so being a dependency is not a blocker. However as it’s a dependency you need to offer the source-code of it if you distribute your software.
What is the difference between GPL and LGPL licenses?
GPL stands for General Public License. LGPL is like an amended version of GPL. It stands for Lesser General Public License. It limits your requirement to provide some of your code, but you still are required to divulge the modifications that you implement.
What problem does BSD license solve?
In contrast to the GPL, which is designed to prevent the proprietary commercialization of Open Source code, the BSD license places minimal restrictions on future behavior. This allows BSD code to remain Open Source or become integrated into commercial solutions, as a project’s or company’s needs change.
Is LGPL compatible with Apache?
As the Apache license is deemed compatible with the (L)GPL v3, you can use Apache licensed code in your LGPL project. mention in your documentation (readme) that you use such-and-such library and under which license it is being distributed.
