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Usually the name ''General Public License'' (GPL) refers to the [http://www.gnu.org/ GNU] [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html General Public License]. The latest version of this license may be found on the [http://www.gnu.org/ GNU] web site on the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ Licenses] page. There are many other public licenses that are used with "''free''" and/or [[open source]] software. However, some version of the GNU GPL is in use for a large percentage of open source software.
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Usually the name ''General Public License'' (GPL) refers to the [http://www.gnu.org/ GNU] [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html General Public License]. The latest version of this license may be found on the [http://www.gnu.org/ GNU] web site on the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ Licenses] page. There are many other public licenses that are used with "''free''" and/or [[open source]] software. However, some version of the GNU GPL is in use for a large percentage of [[open source]] software.
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GNU General Public License]
 
[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GNU General Public License]

Revision as of 02:42, November 24, 2007

Usually the name General Public License (GPL) refers to the GNU General Public License. The latest version of this license may be found on the GNU web site on the Licenses page. There are many other public licenses that are used with "free" and/or open source software. However, some version of the GNU GPL is in use for a large percentage of open source software.

References

GNU General Public License

See also

Open Source

Free software

Linux

External links

The Free Software Foundation