What is GPL software license? How is it different from LGPL software license?

Q. What is GPL software license? How is it different from LGPL software license?

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GPL: - The GNU General Public License (GPL) is probably one of the most commonly used licenses for open-source projects. The GPL grants and guarantees a wide range of rights to developers who work on open-source projects. Basically, it allows users to legally copy, distribute and modify software.

LGPL: - the Lesser General Public License (LGPL). It offers lesser rights to a work than the standard GPL license. The LGPL is used to license free software so that it can be incorporated into both free software and proprietary software.

• The LGPL and GPL licenses differ with one major exception; with LGPL the requirement that you have to release software extensions in open GPL has been removed.