Re: Can LGPL be used for non-libraries

[Daniel Qarras]

> And the answer to the question is that of course the copyright holder
> can use the LGPL for any code he so chooses.  That does not answer the
> question of whether some else can distribute the modified program code under
> the LGPL.
>
> IMO the LGPL does not specifically allow distributing modified non library
> versions of programs under the LGPL.  However perhaps the copyright holders
> do not care.

If what you two are saying is correct then Debian and others are 
actually breaking the LGPL and just lucky not to get sued! I'm astonished!

For my own experiments it seems that GPL is a better bet.

Thanks.