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Common Public License 1.0 (CPL) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Weak Used by some Microsoft projects on SourceForge

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Eclipse Public License 1.0 (EPL) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Weak Based on the Common Public License
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GNU Lesser General Public License 3.0 (LGPLv3) Yes Yes No No Yes Weak Based on the GNU General Public License 3.0
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