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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Open content, GNU Lesser General Public License, Open-source license, Artistic License, MIT License, Open Audio License, Q Public License, Apache License, GNU General Public License, Free content, BSD licenses, Creative Commons licenses, Affero General Public License, Common Development and Distribution License, Open Software License, European Union Public Licence, Frameworx License, Mozilla Public License, MindTouch, Inc., Eclipse Public License, MirOS Licence, University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License, WTFPL, Ubuntu Font Family, Ricoh Source Code Public License, Sun Industry Standards Source License, Academic Free License, Permissive free software licence, Eiffel Forum License, Common Public License, ISC license, NASA Open Source Agreement, Apple Public Source License, PHP License, Reciprocal Public License, Zlib License, Common Public Attribution License, Libpng License, Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer, Educational Community License, Python License, Creative Commons-licensed content directories, Python Software Foundation License, NetHack General Public License, Anti-copyright notice, Intel Open Source License, SIL Open Font License, RealNetworks Public Source License, W3C Software Notice and License, Lucent Public License, Sybase Open Watcom Public License, Adaptive Public License, Sun Public License, Zope Public License, Yahoo! Public License, Public Documentation License. Excerpt: The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the first copyleft license for general use, which means that derived works can only be distributed under the same license terms. Under this philosophy, the GPL grants the recipients of a computer program the rights of the free software definition...
