There are different versions of the GPL license, ranging from the lightweight copyleft LGPL to the strong copyleft AGPL.

But if the LGPL is a lighter copyleft version of the GPL, why isn’t there a lighter copyleft version of the AGPL?

  • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
    72·
    4 hours ago

    Imagine a game difficulty selection level:

    easy <> normal <> hard

    Easy is easier than normal. Why don’t we have an easier version of hard? That’s the kind of question you ask.

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
      3·
      3 hours ago

      Nah, you can have a license that says you get a cupcake and another license that says you need to give up your first-born.
      And then you can mush those licenses to say that you need to give up your first-born, but you get a cupcake in return.

      Unless the specific license terms contradict, this is totally possible.