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"Dan'l Miller" <optikos@verizon.net> writes:
> Yeah, Alex, I was wondering the same thing (at least a variant
> thereof).  Why not LGPLv3

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html

> (while this bindings library would be re-licensed as LGPLv3).

I can't speak for Alex but as an occasional author of GPL code myself, I
can tell you that (from my end) requests for re-licensing are taken more
seriously when they are accompanied by offers of development funding.