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LGPL (>= 2.1) Weak copyleft

Licences in this family ask that changed versions of the licensed code itself stay under the same licence, but not the other code it is combined with.

LicenceSPDXOSIFSFRestricts use
LGPL-2.1LGPL-2.1-onlyapprovedfreeNo
LGPL-3LGPL-3.0-onlyapprovedfreeNo

Installs 3

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Families that raise the flag

All but Permissive

3 installed packages offer no permissive licence. R.methodsS3 declares LGPL (>= 2.1) and comes in through Imports. R.oo declares LGPL (>= 2.1) and comes in through Imports. R.utils declares LGPL (>= 2.1) and comes in through Imports.

Depends

It names no package besides R itself.

Imports

3 named, 3 packages in all

  • Weak copyleft 3
R.matlabLGPL (>= 2.1) LGPL-2.1 LGPL-3Weak copyleft

LinkingTo

It names no package.

Suggests

2 packages

  • Copyleft 1
  • CopyleftorTerms in a file 1

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Weak copyleft
Licences in this family ask that changed versions of the licensed code itself stay under the same licence, but not the other code it is combined with.
Copyleft
Licences in this family ask that works based on the licensed code carry the same licence when they are distributed, and the GPL asks for their source code as well.
Terms in a file
The terms are only in the package's own licence file.
  • offers no permissive licence, in a family that raises the flag
  • one release, oldest at the left
  • the next string, where it changed

GPL version 2 or newer

2 releases

LGPL version 2.1 or newer (the releases)

5 releases

LGPL (>= 2.1)

36 releases

1.0, 25 Feb 20053.8.1, 30 Sep 2026

Licence strings, newest first

  • LGPL (>= 2.1) Weak copyleft 36 releases, 1.2.2, 18 Jul 2008 to 3.8.1, 30 Sep 2026
  • LGPL version 2.1 or newer (the releases) R cannot read 5 releases, 1.1.0, 22 Jul 2005 to 1.1.4, 29 Nov 2007
  • GPL version 2 or newer Copyleft 2 releases, 1.0, 25 Feb 2005 to 1.0.2, 4 May 2005