General Public License
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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. The third version of the license, GPLv3, was released in June 2007 and included changes designed to combat the use of DRM. 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 (estimated at 60%[ref]http://www.blackducksoftware.com/oss[/ref]) of open source software. For further understanding of the GPL see the References section below or follow one of the URLs in this article.
Popular GPL-Licensed Software
- MediaWiki (used to run Conservapedia)
- Linux (the kernel and most basic tools)
- OpenOffice
- Pidgin