From 5109c5b33b218a6ae829141501403f0ba6b8ff18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MutoShack Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 20:40:09 +0100 Subject: --- GPL.mdwn | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 GPL.mdwn (limited to 'GPL.mdwn') diff --git a/GPL.mdwn b/GPL.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..909020c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/GPL.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +The GNU General Public License (GPL) is a [[Free Software]] license created by Richard Stallman in 1989 by Richard Stallman for Free Software creators. The GPL grants users the Four Freedoms: + + +* The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0). +* The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. +* The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2). +* The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this. + + +Since then, the license has become extremely popular & wide-spread. The GPL has gone through 3 revisions, with GPLv3 being the latest. + +GPLv3 allows any user to access, modify, and redistribute the source code, given that the redistributed version of the software is also released as GPLv3. -- cgit v1.2.3