License Compatibility - GPL Compatibility

GPL Compatibility

David A. Wheeler has argued that GPL compatibility is an important feature of software licenses. Many of the most common free software licenses, such as the original MIT/X license, BSD licenses (in the three-clause and two-clause forms, though not the original four-clause form), MPL 2.0, and LGPL, are "GPL-compatible". That is, their code can be combined with a program under the GPL without conflict (the new combination would have the GPL applied to the whole). When it comes to copyleft software licenses, they are not inherently GPL-compatible, but some have exception clauses that allow combining them with software that is under different licenses or license versions.

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