GNU 还有另外一种协议,叫做 LGPL (Lesser General Public
Licence),它对产品所保留的权利比 GPL 少,
总的来说,LGPL适合那些用于非GPL或非开源产品的开源类库或框架。因为GPL要求,使用了GPL代码的产品必须也
使用GPL协议,开发者不允许将 GPL 代码用于商业产品。LGPL
绕过了这一限制。
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MIT 协议可能是几大开源协议中最宽松的一个,核心条款是:
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MPL是The Mozilla Public License的简写,是1998年初Netscape的
Mozilla小组为其开源软件项目设计的软件许可证。MPL许可证出现的最重要原因就是,Netscape公司认为GPL许可证没有很好地平衡开发者对源代码的需求和他们利用源代码获得的利益。同著名的GPL许可证和BSD许可证相比,MPL在许多权利与义务的约定方面与它们相同(因为都是符合OSIA
认定的开源软件许可证)。但是,相比而言MPL还有以下几个显著的不同之处:
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