Commercial Use Modify Distribute Place Warranty Cannot Sublicense Hold Liable Must Include Original Disclose Source Include Copyright State Changes Include License Check out FOSSA's blog for a more in-depth overview of the GNU General Public License v2.0 (GPL-2.0) ...
随着GNU项目的发展,自由软件不断涌现,为了保护编写者的劳动成果,Stallman请了律师Eben Moglen,帮助他设计了一套方法,这就是现在著名的GNU GPL(GNU General Public License,GNU通用公共协议证书),并创造性地提出了Copyleft等概念。 Copyright:指软件的著作权(也称版权)和其它一切权利归软件作者所私有,用户只有使用权,没...
See what the popular copyleft open source software license GPL v2 requires, allows, and prohibits of users.
2、什么是开源许可证 Part I:开源许可证分类(Copyleft & Permissive) 首先需要明确的是,开源软件源代码的著作权既没有被放弃也没有过期,其修改和发行等仍然要受到著作权法或者开源软件许可证的制约。 我们接触到的开源软件一般都有对应的开源许可证(Open Source License)对软件的使用、复制、修改和再发布等进行限制...
Commercial Use Modify Distribute Place Warranty Use Patent Claims Cannot Sublicense Hold Liable Must Include Original State Changes Disclose Source Include License Include Copyright Include Install Instructions Check out FOSSA's blog for a more in-depth overview of the ...
In the license's preamble, the first draft's had this to say about what it called "digital restrictions management": "DRM is fundamentally incompatible with the purpose of the GPL, which is to protect users' freedom; therefore, the GPL ensures that the software it covers will neither be su...
The GPL is the free and open-source software license used by WordPress. This license was chosen because it supports the philosophy behind the WordPress project. If you’ve ever installed a software application, then you’ve been asked to agree to an end-user license. That long and complex ...
But as explained in the blog post, Printed Solid has grown tired with the manufacturer’s back and forth promises to comply with the viral aspects of the GPL license. Rather than helping to support a company they believe is violating the trust of the open source community, they have decided...
LicenseFreeCBT is licensed under the GPL, which guarantees end users the freedom to study, share, and modify the software.Note that this license does not give free reign to redistribute the name and branding of FreeCBT. So if you'd like to publish your own version, please rename it to ...
The GNU GPL is the software license that helped bring free and open source software to the mainstream. In recent years, however, the GPL's prominence has waned as more permissive licenses, like Apache, have taken its place. That begs the question: Does the GPL have a future, or is ...