GNU Lesser General Public License

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GNU Lesser General Public License

Summary

GNU Lesser General Public License is a copyleft free software license[1]. It draws 357 Wikipedia views per month (copyleft_free_software_license category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • GNU Lesser General Public License authored Q48413[3].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's image is recorded as LGPLv3 Logo.svg[4].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's instance of is recorded as copyleft free software license[5].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's instance of is recorded as free software license[6].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's based on is recorded as GNU General Public License[7].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's logo image is recorded as LGPLv3 Logo.svg[8].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's part of is recorded as free software movement[9].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's Commons category is recorded as Free software under the LGPL[10].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-הרישיון הציבורי הכללי המוקטן של גנו.wav[11].
  • +1991-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of GNU Lesser General Public License[12].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03f6d[13].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0[14].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1[15].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0[16].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later[17].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later[18].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0 or later[19].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's approved by is recorded as Open Source Initiative[20].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's approved by is recorded as Q48413[21].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's approved by is recorded as Q7715973[22].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's approved by is recorded as Fedora Project[23].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's official website is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html[24].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Software using the GNU Lesser General Public License[25].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://opensource.stackexchange.com/tags/lgpl[26].
  • GNU Lesser General Public License's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'GNU LGPL'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

GNU Lesser General Public License authored Q48413[3].

Why It Matters

GNU Lesser General Public License draws 357 Wikipedia views per month (copyleft_free_software_license category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 104 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . opensource.org. opensource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . gnu.org. gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Debian Free Software Guidelines. wiki.debian.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . fedoraproject.org. fedoraproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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MLA “GNU Lesser General Public License.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gnu-lesser-general-public-license.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gnu-lesser-general-public-license_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{GNU Lesser General Public License}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gnu-lesser-general-public-license}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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