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GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later

Summary

GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later is a copyleft free software license[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's instance of is recorded as copyleft free software license[3].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's follows is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later[4].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's follows is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[5].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's followed by is recorded as Q27016754[6].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's subclass of is recorded as GNU General Public License[7].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's has part is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 3.0[8].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's has part is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[9].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's publication date is recorded as +1991-06-02T00:00:00Z[10].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's edition or translation of is recorded as GNU General Public License[11].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's approved by is recorded as Open Source Initiative[12].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's approved by is recorded as Q48413[13].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's topic has template is recorded as Template:GPLv2 or later[14].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GPL-2.0-or-later'}[15].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's different from is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[16].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's different from is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later with library exception[17].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's SPDX license ID is recorded as GPL-2.0-or-later[18].
  • GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later's Free Software Directory entry is recorded as License:GPL-2.0-or-later[19].

Why It Matters

GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SPDX License List. Retrieved . spdx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SPDX License List. Retrieved . spdx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . spdx.org. Retrieved . spdx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gnu-general-public-license-version-2-0-or-later
MLA “GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gnu-general-public-license-version-2-0-or-later.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gnu-general-public-license-version-2-0-or-later_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gnu-general-public-license-version-2-0-or-later}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later — https://4ort.xyz/entity/gnu-general-public-license-version-2-0-or-later (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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