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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Surface form Occurrences
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Free Software Foundation → maintains → GNU General Public License ⓘ
Homesteading the Noosphere → mentions → GNU General Public License ⓘ
Apache License 2.0 → notCompatibleWith → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 2 only
GNU Affero General Public License → notCompatibleWith → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 2 only
Richard Stallman → notableWork → GNU General Public License ⓘ
Free Software Foundation → publisher → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Lesser General Public License → relatedLicense → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 3
GNU Lesser General Public License → relatedLicense → GNU General Public License ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU General Public License version 2
GNU Affero General Public License → relatedTo → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Free Documentation License → relatedTo → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU General Public License → shortName → GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GPL
GNU Hurd → softwareLicense → GNU General Public License ⓘ
Subsurface → softwareLicense → GNU General Public License ⓘ
Werner Koch → softwareLicenseUsed → GNU General Public License ⓘ
open-source movement → supportsLicense → GNU General Public License ⓘ
Free Software, Free Society → topic → GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Project → usesLicense → GNU General Public License ⓘ