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Information on the controversial GPLv3 at http://gplv3.fsf.org/ | Information on the controversial GPLv3 at http://gplv3.fsf.org/ | ||
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The core legal mechanism of the GNU GPL is that of copyleft, which requires modified versions of GPL'd software to be GPL'd themselves. Copyleft is essential for preventing the enclosure of the free software commons, today as it was in 1991." | The core legal mechanism of the GNU GPL is that of copyleft, which requires modified versions of GPL'd software to be GPL'd themselves. Copyleft is essential for preventing the enclosure of the free software commons, today as it was in 1991." | ||
(http://gplv3.fsf.org/) | (http://gplv3.fsf.org/) | ||
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The history of the GPL, at http://www.free-soft.org/gpl_history/ | |||
Free Software/Open Source Literature, at http://www.free-soft.org/literature/ | |||
Revision as of 14:29, 1 September 2006
Information on the controversial GPLv3 at http://gplv3.fsf.org/
About the GPL
" The success of the GPL is due to its fundamental design principle: the protection of users' freedom to work individually or together to make software do what they wish. To carry the GPL into the future, we have undertaken to adapt the license to uphold this principle through the opportunities and menaces of today's technological and legal environment.
The core legal mechanism of the GNU GPL is that of copyleft, which requires modified versions of GPL'd software to be GPL'd themselves. Copyleft is essential for preventing the enclosure of the free software commons, today as it was in 1991." (http://gplv3.fsf.org/)
More Information
The history of the GPL, at http://www.free-soft.org/gpl_history/
Free Software/Open Source Literature, at http://www.free-soft.org/literature/