GNU General Public License

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copyleft license free software license legal document software license version of GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license that guarantees users the freedoms to run, study, share, and modify software while requiring that derivative works remain similarly open.

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GPL 11
GNU General Public License version 3 7
GNU General Public License version 2 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf copyleft license ⓘ
free software license ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
software license ⓘ
version of GNU General Public License ⓘ
version of GNU General Public License ⓘ
version of GNU General Public License ⓘ
acronym GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU GPL
appliesTo software ⓘ
source code ⓘ
associatedWith GNU Project ⓘ
free software movement ⓘ
author Richard Stallman ⓘ
basedOn concept of copyleft ⓘ
compatibleWith GNU Affero General Public License ⓘ
surface form: Affero General Public License

GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ
copyleftStrength strong copyleft ⓘ
copyrightHolder Free Software Foundation ⓘ
discourages proprietary derivatives ⓘ
governs copying of software ⓘ
distribution of software ⓘ
modification of software ⓘ
redistribution of software ⓘ
grants freedom to distribute modified versions ⓘ
freedom to modify the program ⓘ
freedom to redistribute copies ⓘ
freedom to run the program for any purpose ⓘ
freedom to study the program ⓘ
hasVersion GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU General Public License version 1

GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU General Public License version 2

GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU General Public License version 3
hasWebsite https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html ⓘ
incompatibleWith most proprietary software licenses ⓘ
jurisdiction worldwide ⓘ
language English ⓘ
licenseModel copyleft ⓘ
promotes software freedom ⓘ
publicationDate 1989-02 ⓘ
1991-06 ⓘ
2007-06-29 ⓘ
publisher Free Software Foundation ⓘ
requires distribution of source code for derivative works ⓘ
inclusion of license text with distributions ⓘ
preservation of copyright notices ⓘ
same license for derivative works ⓘ
shortName GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GPL
usedBy Linux ⓘ
surface form: Linux kernel (version 2)

many free and open-source software projects ⓘ

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GNU General Public License → acronym → GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU GPL
GNU Affero General Public License → basedOn → GNU General Public License ⓘ
subject surface form: GNU Affero General Public License version 1
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 2
GNU Affero General Public License → basedOn → GNU General Public License ⓘ
subject surface form: GNU Affero General Public License version 3
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 3
Wikifunctions → codeLicense → GNU General Public License ⓘ
Apache License 2.0 → compatibleWith → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 3
GNU Affero General Public License → compatibleWith → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 3
GNU Lesser General Public License → compatibleWith → GNU General Public License ⓘ
Python Software Foundation License → compatibleWith → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Lesser General Public License → contrastWith → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU General Public License → hasVersion → GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 1
GNU General Public License → hasVersion → GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 2
GNU General Public License → hasVersion → GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 3
Free Software Definition → influenced → GNU General Public License ⓘ
free software movement → influenced → GNU General Public License ⓘ
BSD license → isCompatibleWith → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 3
MIT License → isCompatibleWith → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 3
Alpine Linux → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GPL
Android → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GPLv2 (Linux kernel)
AppArmor → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
Arch Linux → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GPL
Btrfs → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
CUPS → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GPL-2.0-or-later
CentOS → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
ChromiumOS → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GPL
Cinnamon desktop environment → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
subject surface form: Cinnamon
this entity surface form: GPL
Cygwin → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
subject surface form: Emacs Lisp
Eshell → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
F2FS → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GPL-2.0-only
Fink → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
FreeDOS → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GDB → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
gnat → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
subject surface form: GNAT
GNOME desktop environment → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
subject surface form: GNOME
GNU Autoconf → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Automake → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Awk → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Binutils → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Compiler Collection → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Core Utilities → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Debugger → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Diffutils → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Diffutils → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GPL
GNU Emacs → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Findutils → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU GRUB → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Grep → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Grep → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GPL
GNU Make → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Octave → license → GNU General Public License ⓘ