Update LICENSE.txt

Trying to get GitHub to properly recognize the lgpl license.

Author: dmsmith

LICENSE.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+                  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 2.1, February 1999
 
  Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ specially designated software packages--typically libraries--of the
 Free Software Foundation and other authors who decide to use it.  You
 can use it too, but we suggest you first think carefully about whether
 this license or the ordinary General Public License is the better
-strategy to use in any particular case, based on the explanations
-below.
+strategy to use in any particular case, based on the explanations below.
 
   When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom of use,
 not price.  Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that
@@ -64,8 +63,57 @@ restrictive license from a patent holder.  Therefore, we insist that
 any patent license obtained for a version of the library must be
 consistent with the full freedom of use specified in this license.
 
-                    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING,
-              DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
+  Most GNU software, including some libraries, is covered by the
+ordinary GNU General Public License.  This license, the GNU Lesser
+General Public License, applies to certain designated libraries, and
+is quite different from the ordinary General Public License.  We use
+this license for certain libraries in order to permit linking those
+libraries into non-free programs.
+
+  When a program is linked with a library, whether statically or using
+a shared library, the combination of the two is legally speaking a
+combined work, a derivative of the original library.  The ordinary
+General Public License therefore permits such linking only if the
+entire combination fits its criteria of freedom.  The Lesser General
+Public License permits more lax criteria for linking other code with
+the library.
+
+  We call this license the "Lesser" General Public License because it
+does Less to protect the user's freedom than the ordinary General
+Public License.  It also provides other free software developers Less
+of an advantage over competing non-free programs.  These disadvantages
+are the reason we use the ordinary General Public License for many
+libraries.  However, the Lesser license provides advantages in certain
+special circumstances.
+
+  For example, on rare occasions, there may be a special need to
+encourage the widest possible use of a certain library, so that it becomes
+a de-facto standard.  To achieve this, non-free programs must be
+allowed to use the library.  A more frequent case is that a free
+library does the same job as widely used non-free libraries.  In this
+case, there is little to gain by limiting the free library to free
+software only, so we use the Lesser General Public License.
+
+  In other cases, permission to use a particular library in non-free
+programs enables a greater number of people to use a large body of
+free software.  For example, permission to use the GNU C Library in
+non-free programs enables many more people to use the whole GNU
+operating system, as well as its variant, the GNU/Linux operating
+system.
+
+  Although the Lesser General Public License is Less protective of the
+users' freedom, it does ensure that the user of a program that is
+linked with the Library has the freedom and the wherewithal to run
+that program using a modified version of the Library.
+
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+"work based on the library" and a "work that uses the library".  The
+former contains code derived from the library, whereas the latter must
+be combined with the library in order to run.
+
+                  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
 
   0. This License Agreement applies to any software library or other
 program which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder or
@@ -88,8 +136,8 @@ included without limitation in the term "modification".)
   "Source code" for a work means the preferred form of the work for
 making modifications to it.  For a library, complete source code means
 all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated
-interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control
-compilation and installation of the library.
+interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation
+and installation of the library.
 
   Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
 covered by this License; they are outside its scope.  The act of
@@ -213,7 +261,12 @@ structure layouts and accessors, and small macros and small inline
 functions (ten lines or less in length), then the use of the object
 file is unrestricted, regardless of whether it is legally a derivative
 work.  (Executables containing this object code plus portions of the
-Library will still be subject to the terms of Section 6.)
+Library will still fall under Section 6.)
+
+  Otherwise, if the work is a derivative of the Library, you may
+distribute the object code for the work under the terms of Section 6.
+Any executables containing that work also fall under Section 6,
+whether or not they are linked directly with the Library itself.
 
   6. As an exception to the Sections above, you may also combine or
 link a "work that uses the Library" with the Library to produce a
@@ -248,13 +301,12 @@ of these things:
     rather than copying library functions into the executable, and (2)
     will operate properly with a modified version of the library, if
     the user installs one, as long as the modified version is
-    interface-compatible with the version with which the work was
-    made.
+    interface-compatible with the version that the work was made with.
 
-    c) Accompany the work with a written offer, valid for at least
-    three years, to give the same user the materials specified in
-    Subsection 6a, above, for a charge no more than the cost of
-    performing this distribution.
+    c) Accompany the work with a written offer, valid for at
+    least three years, to give the same user the materials
+    specified in Subsection 6a, above, for a charge no more
+    than the cost of performing this distribution.
 
     d) If distribution of the work is made by offering access to copy
     from a designated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above
@@ -352,11 +404,11 @@ be a consequence of the rest of this License.
 
   12. If the distribution and/or use of the Library is restricted in
 certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
-original copyright holder who places the Library under this License
-may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
-those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
-countries not thus excluded.  In such case, this License incorporates
-the limitation as if written in the body of this License.
+original copyright holder who places the Library under this License may add
+an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries,
+so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus
+excluded.  In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if
+written in the body of this License.
 
   13. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new
 versions of the Lesser General Public License from time to time.
@@ -410,14 +462,13 @@ DAMAGES.
   If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest
 possible use to the public, we recommend making it free software that
 everyone can redistribute and change.  You can do so by permitting
-redistribution under these terms (or, alternatively, under the terms
-of the ordinary General Public License).
+redistribution under these terms (or, alternatively, under the terms of the
+ordinary General Public License).
 
-  To apply these terms, attach the following notices to the library.
-It is safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most
-effectively convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should
-have at least the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full
-notice is found.
+  To apply these terms, attach the following notices to the library.  It is
+safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
+convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
+"copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
 
     <one line to give the library's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
     Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
@@ -434,7 +485,8 @@ notice is found.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301
+    USA
 
 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
 
@@ -443,10 +495,10 @@ school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the library, if
 necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
 
   Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the
-  library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random Hacker.
-
-  <signature of Ty Coon>, President of Vice
+  library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random
+  Hacker.
 
-  Ty Coon, 1 April 1990
+  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1990
+  Ty Coon, President of Vice
 
 That's all there is to it!