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Authored by: PJ on Sunday, May 19 2013 @ 08:43 PM EDT
I just went to the Document Foundation, and it says clear as a bell on the page you are sent to when you click on the download icon for the latest version, the following:
GNU LGPL License

LibreOffice is licensed under the terms of the LGPLv3 (new contributions are dual-licensed under both LGPLv3+ and MPL). This means you're free to use it for personal and commercial use, you're free to copy it and give copies away, and you're free to modify and redesign the source code, and to create derivative works. For details, please read the licence below and/or visit the licensing FAQ.

When you visit the licensing page, it says:
What is the GNU LGPL license?

The GNU General Public Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software – to make sure the software is free for all its users. The LGPL license (the Lesser General Public License) applies to some specially-designated software packages – typically libraries – of the Free Software Foundation and other authors who decide to use it.

Click here to read the LGPL license that we publish as applicable to LibreOffice.

For a fuller description of the LGPL, read this article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License

I'd like to see *any* proof that they are "getting rid of" the LGPL. New stuff is both, not just MPL.

But if you have proof, do present it. Otherwise, what I believe is that there is no way to get rid of it on code that arrived that way. But from what's written, it appears they like the LGPL and view it as important for guaranteeing freedom for the code. If that has changed, do tell because it would be a headline.

But I don't believe it.

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