Re: Confused about LGPL terms - can you help?

[Alexander Terekhov]

Byron A Jeff wrote:
[...]
> In the closed source model ...

http://www.charvolant.org/~doug/gpl/gpl.pdf

"... software can be categorized using two axes: an open-closed axis 
and a free-proprietary one.[2] The benefits accruing to open-source 
software are largely connected to the open-closed axis. It is the 
making source code available that allows the peer-review and 
correction feedback loop to take off.

Making software proprietary does stem the flow of contributions, of 
course; nobody particularly wants to contribute to someone else’s 
profit at their own cost. To offset this effect, open, proprietary 
software can easily provide a renumeration model, offering payment 
or royalties for contributions.

There is plenty of software where a proprietary model is simply not 
appropriate. ..."

regards,
alexander.