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| | GNU General Public License - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Note that the copyleft only applies to the software and not to its output (unless that output is itself a derivative work of the program); for example, a web portal running a modified GPL content management system is not required to distribute its changes to the underlying software. | | | An unintended side-effect of the GPL delineating between "internal" derivative code and "external" linked libraries has been a pronounced tendency for software developed under this license to grow increasingly monolithic. | | | As of April 2004, the GPL accounted for nearly 75% of the 23,479 free-software projects listed on Freshmeat, and about 68% of the projects listed on SourceForge. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL
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| | Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) |
| | Most GNU software packages use the GNU GPL, but there are a few GNU programs (and parts of programs) that use looser licenses, such as the Lesser GPL. | | | Once GPL version 3 is available, the developers of most GPL-covered programs will release subsequent versions of their programs specifying "Version 3 of the GPL or any later version". | | | Strictly speaking, the GPL is a license from the developer for others to use, distribute and change the program. |
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http://gnu.planetmirror.com/licenses/gpl-faq.html
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| | Guest editorial: Enforcing the GNU GPL |
| | The GPL only obliges you if you distribute software made from GPL'd code, and only needs to be accepted when redistribution occurs. | | | But the GPL, the legal device that makes everything else possible, is a very robust machine precisely because it is made of the simplest working parts. | | | The goal of the Free Software Foundation in designing and publishing the GPL, is unfortunately unusual: we're reshaping how programs are made in order to give everyone the right to understand, repair, improve, and redistribute the best-quality software on earth. |
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8211036539.html
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| | GNU's Not Unix! |
| | Most of the GNU tools are a standard part of all Linux systems, There is also lots of other free software (copylefted or otherwise) that has been written, check out the Linux Software Map. | | | Gnuplot is not GNU software (the name is coincidental), but GNU does distribute it. | | | Manuals for GNU software are available at several places on the web, including Delorie Software (this looks to be the most comleat), Ohio State, Virginia Tech and Cambridge University. |
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http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/gnu
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| | The History of the GNU General Public License |
| | First, the GPL comes from the philosophy of Richard Stallman and the GNU Project. | | | Gosling initally allowed free distribution of the Gosling Emacs source code, which Stallman used in early 1985 in the first version (15.34) of GNU Emacs. | | | The new version will appear soon; new GNU programs and new versions of existing GNU software will refer to it to specify their copying conditions. |
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http://www.free-soft.org/gpl_history
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| | CNN - Richard Stallman on freedom and the GNU GPL - November 8, 1999 |
| | As part of this project, he wrote programs such GNU Emacs and GCC, as well as the GNU General Public License. | | | This is how the GPL works, pragmatically, to encourage free software development. | | | I've done business in the world of free software for 14 years now, ever since I began selling tapes of GNU Emacs in 1985, and I agree with Jamie Zawinski (as quoted in Stig's article) that free software and greed are not incompatible -- at least, most of the time they can coexist. |
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http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9911/08/freedom.GNU.idg
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| | Open Source--The Unauthorized White Papers Chapter 6, The GNU GPL and the Open Source Definition |
| | The license specifically states that certain output from programs will not be considered derivative works requiring use of the GPL for their distribution: binary output from a GPL-protected compiler or data organized by a GPL-licensed database would be examples of this exemption. | | | Choosing the GNU GPL would have negated the value of exporting code for the community to improve, because the GPL would have prevented the contributed improvements from being used in proprietary products. | | | Respected for its avowed determination to make all software free, its chief fame is that Linus Torvalds put his Linux kernel under its protection, making it possible for the many contributors to that project to know that their code would remain free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. |
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http://www.stromian.com/Book/Chap6.html
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| | Gn-Gz |
| | GNU Troff is an extended version of the UNIX troff and nroff document formatters. | | | The GNU Data Language is a planned high-level language and environment designed to allow flexible and powerful manipulation and plotting of data. | | | The GNU Scientific Subroutine Library is a software package designed to simplify programming for scientific applications. |
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http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/linuxlist/linuxlist/node20.html
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| | GNU Go - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) |
| | Sente Software's FreeGoban is a well-liked user interface for GNU Go (and potentially other programs) distributed under the GPL. | | | Although the public source of the program is no longer maintained, it is still useful may be found at sourceforge here or here. | | | Steffen Glueckselig has two GPL'd tools written in JAVA including Jacoto, a tool for analyzing a library of SGF files. |
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http://gnu.cs.univ-paris8.fr/software/gnugo/free_go_software.html
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| | FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory |
| | We catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants. | | | The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). | | | Licenses are verified for each and every program listed in this directory. |
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http://directory.fsf.org
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| | Linux |
| | the egcs project http://egcs.cygnus.com/ EGCS is a free software project to further the development of the GNU compilers using an open development environment. | | | However, unlike the GNU licensing, Dolphin's license will not exclude the creation of commercial software, nor will it hinder it in any way." "Dolphin will have a graphical user interface, from boot-time on forward,... | | | The easiest way to get GNU software is to copy it from someone else who has it. |
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http://www.rdrop.com/~cary/html/linux.html
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| | CNN.com - FSF claims Linux company violates GNU GPL - September 18, 2001 |
| | The Boston-based FSF opposes the use of software patents and believes they are a "harmful government policy of creating monopolies that restrict computer users," the group said in its statement. | | | Yodaiken's patent covers "real-time interrupt handling using a software emulation layer for interrupt masking, so that interrupts can be prioritized," the FSF said. | | | The GNU GPL also states that all improved versions of GPL software must be released as free software. |
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http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/09/18/linux.violation.idg
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| | The OSSwin project: Open Source for Windows! |
| | Xine [GNU GPL] (According to the site on 13th March 2005, 'support for MS Windows is partially working and committed to CVS'), but we haven't found any binaries available... | | | FreeKZ [GNU GPL] (Development Status: 1 - Planning) | | | More info about Open Source Software and the philosophy behind it can be found at: |
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http://osswin.sourceforge.net
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| | b2evolution: |
| | (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to your programs, too. | | | This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to using it. | | | By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. |
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http://b2evolution.net/about/license.html
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| | Choose a License Creative Commons |
| | For more information about the Free Software Foundation, visit their web page. | | | Display the icon on any site you offer your software for download using the following markup: | | | This software is licensed under the CC-GNU GPL. |
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http://creativecommons.org/license/cc-gpl
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| | SAP DB under GNU GPL |
| | You can integrate the clients' functionality into your own software without this software necessarily being Open Source. | | | You can link them to your own software without your software being Open Source. | | | The SAP DB programming interfaces are subject to the GNU Lesser General Public License. |
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http://www.sapdb.org/sap_db_gnu.htm
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| | MySQL AB :: MySQL Open Source License |
| | This is a great opportunity for the open source community and those of you who are developing open source software. | | | Thereby, you are free to use MySQL software free of charge under the GPL license. | | | You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than code licensed under version 3.0 of the PHP license. |
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http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/opensource-license.html
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| | Creative Commons Deed |
| | If you modify your copy or copies of the program or any portion of it, or develop a program based upon it, you may distribute the resulting work provided you do so under the GNU General Public License. | | | The GNU General Public License is a Free Software license. | | | This is a human-readable summary of the Legal Code (the full GNU General Public License). |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/GPL/2.0
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| | FSF Europe - Free Software Foundation Europe |
| | The FSF Europe was launched on 10 March 2001 and supports all European aspects of Free Software; especially the GNU Project. | | | Announcing the GPL Version 3 Development and Publicity Project (GPLv3) | | | For this reason we strongly support the notion of letting the IIM process finish what it began. |
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http://www.fsfeurope.org
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| | GNU GPL |
| | These days, all of my work is published under the GPL. | | | Please use the menu to the left to select specific areas of interest related to the Free Software Foundation, unless you came here to specifically read the GNU General Public License. | | | I encourage every programmer of substance to contribute at least one work under the GPL. |
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http://www.gjt.org/doc/gpl
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| | freshmeat.net: Welcome to freshmeat.net |
| | Changes: This is a complete new build that includes GNU glibc 2.3.5 and GNU gcc 3.4.4. | | | It offers different versions compiled for each architecture and has all the packages required for a slim installation including a firewall and network administration tools, amongst others. |
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http://freshmeat.net
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| | AWBot - Free web site/application tester (GNU GPL). |
| | * Absolutely free with sources (GNU General Public License) | | | AWStats, an Advanced statistics log analyzer (web, ftp and mail). | | | AWBot is an easy to use tool to test a web site. |
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http://awbot.sourceforge.net
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