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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -The GNU General Public License (GPL) is a [[Free Software]] license created by Richard Stallman in 1989 by Richard Stallman for Free Software creators. The GPL grants users the Four Freedoms: +The GNU General Public License (GPL) is a [Free Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) license created by Richard Stallman in 1989 by Richard Stallman for Free Software creators. The GPL grants users the Four Freedoms: * The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0). @@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ The GNU General Public License (GPL) is a [[Free Software]] license created by R Since then, the license has become extremely popular & wide-spread. The GPL has gone through 3 revisions, with GPLv3 being the latest. -GPLv3 allows any user to access, modify, and redistribute the source code, given that the redistributed version of the software is also released as GPLv3. +GPLv3 allows any user to access, modify, and redistribute the source code, given that the redistributed version of the software is also released as GPLv3. For example, if you create a pice of software named "FreedomJuice" under the GPLv3, and I download & moify it and name it "xFreedomJuicex", I cannot release xFreedomJuicex under the MIT license, it has to be GPLv3 as well. |