FYI, Hibernate (used by a lot of Java shops) is also LGPL 2.1 licensed.

https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/main/lgpl.tx...

https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-lesser-general-public-...

But they don't claim that your legal team should not be bothered? I mean, that's the strange part, not the license itself

Deal breaker for us, since alternatives exist that aren't so hobbled.

I get legal having issues with GPL but LGPL???

It's still possible to violate the license. I guess a "fat jar" distribution could be a trouble.

Thats what the classpath exception is for, no?