Re-license project as LGPLv3 #235
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Thank you @martinpriestley |
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This PR changes the license of this project from GPLv3 to LGPLv3.
Explanation
The intent of using the copyleft GPLv3 license was to encourage PeakRDL community growth, and protect this library from being copied and re-distributed privately for profit. One unintended side-effect of GPLv3 is that it technically mandates that any program linking to this work (referencing this as a Python library/dependency) shall also be GPL-compatible. For Python libraries, this ends up being a pretty intrusive restriction, and was never my original intent.
Changing the license to LGPLv3 specifically removes this restriction. Wikipedia has a good summary on the difference.
Approvals Required
Despite this being a very minor change, it is considered good legal practice to get the approval of all contributors whose code would be impacted by the license change.
If your name is listed below, please comment in this PR explicitly approving the change from GPLv3 to LGPLv3.