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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