Licensing under the LGPL

[mtauraso]

Would it be possible to release this library under the LGPL, the version of the GPL intended for library code?

I am asking because I would like to use as a dependency on a team that releases BSD licensed libraries for use in Astronomy. Certain interpretations of the GPL within my institution suggest that we would not be in compliance with the GPL if we were to include fitsio as a dependency in a BSD licensed libary.

Licensing this library as LGPL would solve this issue, and I think also allow a greater number of people similarly impacted to use it.