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Nice choice of license. MPL. Much clearer and straightforward than LGPL. Existing files and changes to them must stay MPL licensed. New files can be any other license.

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LGPL is pretty clear, it's just not very convenient. It's only unclear when your start going through mental hoops to make it seem more laisser-faire than it is.

For instance, it's just about impossible to distribute an iOS application in a kosher way.

I only recently learned about the MPL and I'm a fan. It seems to be a really nice alternative to GPLv3 and LGPL and offers a lot of convenience while still being copyleft.

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