GNU General Public License

Summary

GNU General Public License is a copyleft free software license^[1]. It draws 1,148 Wikipedia views per month (copyleft_free_software_license category, ranking #1 of 5).^[2]

Key Facts

• GNU General Public License authored Q48413^[3].
• GNU General Public License authored Richard Stallman^[4].
• GNU General Public License's image is recorded as GPLv3 Logo.svg^[5].
• GNU General Public License's instance of is recorded as copyleft free software license^[6].
• GNU General Public License's instance of is recorded as OSI-approved license^[7].
• GNU General Public License's instance of is recorded as free software license^[8].
• GNU General Public License's publisher is recorded as Q48413^[9].
• GNU General Public License's movement is recorded as free software movement^[10].
• GNU General Public License's logo image is recorded as GPLv3 Logo.svg^[11].
• GNU General Public License's subclass of is recorded as software license^[12].
• GNU General Public License's software version identifier is recorded as 3^[13].
• GNU General Public License's Commons category is recorded as GPL^[14].
• GNU General Public License's said to be the same as is recorded as Wikipedia:Text of the GNU General Public License^[15].
• GNU General Public License's publication date is recorded as +1989-02-25T00:00:00Z^[16].
• GNU General Public License's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037cm^[17].
• GNU General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later^[18].
• GNU General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0^[19].
• GNU General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later^[20].
• GNU General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 3.0^[21].
• GNU General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as Q27016754^[22].
• GNU General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 1.0^[23].
• GNU General Public License's has edition or translation is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later with library exception^[24].
• GNU General Public License's approved by is recorded as Open Source Initiative^[25].
• GNU General Public License's approved by is recorded as Q48413^[26].
• GNU General Public License's approved by is recorded as Debian Free Software Guidelines^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include Q48413^[3] and Richard Stallman^[4], a programmer^[28], b. 1953^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the MacArthur Fellows Program^[31], specialised in free software^[32].

Why It Matters

GNU General Public License draws 1,148 Wikipedia views per month (copyleft_free_software_license category, ranking #1 of 5).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]