Understanding the LGPL-3.0 License
The helpers4 assistant plugins and skills (helpers4/ai) are licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later (LGPL-3.0-or-later), like every helpers4 project. Here’s a practical summary, including what is specific to skills.
What is LGPL-3.0?
Section titled “What is LGPL-3.0?”LGPL-3.0 is a weak copyleft license. It allows broad use (including commercial use), while requiring that changes to the LGPL-covered files remain under the LGPL when distributed.
What you can do
Section titled “What you can do”- ✅ Install and use the plugin in personal, open-source, internal and commercial projects
- ✅ Study and modify the skills for your own use
- ✅ Redistribute them, modified or not, under the LGPL
- ✅ Contribute back to the project
What you must do
Section titled “What you must do”| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Keep notices | Keep the copyright and license notices of the skill files |
| Provide LGPL text | Include a copy of the LGPL when you distribute the skills |
| Publish LGPL modifications | If you distribute modified skills, share them under the LGPL |
What is specific to skills
Section titled “What is specific to skills”A skill is a set of instructions an assistant reads; it is not code linked into your program. The license covers the skill files themselves:
| Your situation | What it means |
|---|---|
| You run a skill on your project | Nothing to do: the LGPL obligations apply to the skill files, not to the project they are used on |
| The skill proposes adding a helpers4 library | That library comes with its own license (LGPL-3.0-or-later too): see the TypeScript and Rust license pages |
| You copy the skills into your own plugin or repository | Keep their notices and the LGPL for those files, and share your changes to them if you distribute it |
Full license text
Section titled “Full license text”The complete license text is available at gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0 and in the LICENSE file of the repository.