Richard Fontana wrote at 12:32 (EDT):
... because it *appeared* to get rid of the LGPLv2.1
complexity. Historical documents do show that quite a few people
complained about interpretive complexity with respect to LGPLv2.x.
FWIW, ISTR I said I liked it because it actually encapsulated complexity
(in the way your email I'm replying to described). :)
I believe that the FSF's decision to draft LGPLv3 as a set of
additional permissions is historically significant,
I agree with this too.
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-- bkuhn