From 387a2d978539a180ac9601ff4d6260e88d55816b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MutoShack Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 20:45:04 +0100 Subject: Fixed broken link, add example scenario --- GPL.mdwn | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'GPL.mdwn') diff --git a/GPL.mdwn b/GPL.mdwn index 909020c3..468f9da6 100644 --- a/GPL.mdwn +++ b/GPL.mdwn @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3