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  2. Comparison of free and open-source software licenses

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    This table lists for each license what organizations from the FOSS community have approved it – be it as a "free software" or as an "open source" license – , how those organizations categorize it, and the license compatibility between them for a combined or mixed derivative work. Organizations usually approve specific versions of software ...

  3. GNU General Public License - Wikipedia

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    According to the GPL FAQ, anyone can make a new license using a modified version of the GPL as long as they use a different name for the license, do not mention "GNU", and remove the preamble, though the preamble can be used in a modified license if permission to use it is obtained from the Free Software Foundation (FSF). [63]

  4. GNU license - Wikipedia

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    A GNU license or GNU General Public License , is a series of widely-used free software licenses that guarantee end users the freedom to run, study, share, and modify the software. Version 1 was released 25 February 1989 by Richard Stallman and its last version (3) was published on 29 June 2007. Meanwhile it has originated other derivations to ...

  5. Open-source license - Wikipedia

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    Popular open source licenses include the Apache License, the MIT License, the GNU General Public License (GPL), the BSD Licenses, the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) and the Mozilla Public License (MPL). Open-source licenses are software licenses that allow content to be used, modified, and shared.

  6. Wikipedia:Software licenses - Wikipedia

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    A GNU license – Free software licenses which usually also incorporate copyleft to ensure any copied code remains free as in freedom. A common GNU license is the GNU General Public License (GPL). The specific version used should be specified. A BSD license – There are multiple, and the specific license should be specified wherever possible ...

  7. Make (software) - Wikipedia

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    GNU Make (short gmake) is the standard implementation of Make for Linux and macOS. [16] It provides several extensions over the original Make, such as conditionals. It also provides many built-in functions which can be used to eliminate the need for shell-scripting in the makefile rules as well as to manipulate the variables set and used in the ...

  8. Copyleft - Wikipedia

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    Free-software licenses that use "weak" copyleft include the GNU Lesser General Public License and the Mozilla Public License. The GNU General Public License is an example of a license implementing strong copyleft. An even stronger copyleft license is the AGPL, which requires the publishing of the source code for software as a service use cases.

  9. GNU Project - Wikipedia

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    non-GNU programs – various free software packages which are not a part of the GNU Project but are released under the GNU General Public License or another FSF-approved Free Software License. Within the GNU website, a list of projects is laid out and each project has specifics for what type of developer is able to perform the task needed for a ...