GPL is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project.
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What is the relationship between GNU and GNOME?
Is there any relation between GNU and GNOME?
And further related license GPL?
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Why isn't Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop free?
Why isn't Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop free?
Isn't it a Linux OS? If it is, so why is not free?
http://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/desktop/
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An outdated version of bash was detected on your system! when updating sdkman
I'm trying to update a software sdman in my macOs But I get bash outadted version error.
rajkumar.natarajan$ sdk update
An outdated version of bash was detected on your system!
We recommend upgrading to bash 4.x, you have:
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Does Android break GPL?
Just got curious. If Android is based on a modified Linux Kernel and its source code is closed, doesn't it violate the terms of GPL2, that GPL-derivatives must also supply their source code, "Liberty or Death"? :)
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Can a Linux distro be closed source?
According to the GPL licence, which is the one used by the Linux kernel, every modification in the source must be open source too. But, for example, if I create a new OS based on Linux, I develop my own Desktop system and all that stuff, but I don't…
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Can GPL software be bought by a company and still released as GPL?
Recently, I downloaded two fairly popular pieces of FOSS software. Both are licensed under the GPL and I downloaded them direct from the project Web site links via SourceForge. I was dismayed to find that one contained embedded advertisements for a…
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Does GPL mean that whole software is public?
I'm doing on one open-source application. Now I'm choosing it's license and I'm thinking about GPL.
But there I've got few questions:
Is anyone allowed to share modified program using same name?
Do I have any ownership on software?
Do I take any…
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Do I need to distribute the sources of the complete distribution under the GPL?
My plan is to sell an embedded computer, running a Linux distribution. I downloaded the binaries and installed them on the embedded computer.
Do I need to distribute the sources of the complete Linux distribution? I am able to find build…
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Can I upload Knoppix kernel source to github?
I'd like to be able to browse the Knoppix source code for my learning reference without having to copy it to every machine I use.I'd also like to discuss it with classmates. As you know, pre-github source code access was inconvenient to say the…
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Does Debian define what GPL compliance means for the purposes of packaging?
The GPL license speaks of "derivative works". Debian has taken the position that deterministically linking against a library with LD_PRELOAD does not make your program a derivative work. This allows non-GPL code to link against GPL-d libraries and…
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Is Linux kernel free to modify?
While browsing this site Text Files/Programming which contains historical data pertaining to programming and a lot of other stuff I came across this file Info sheet Linux
The file in question has a peculier paragraph with the following…
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Legal status of an embedded Linux case
I wanted to find the source code of embedded Linux that is used in Shenzhen Apexis Electronic Co.,Ltd products.
For example in this page: http://apexis.com.cn/productsdetails_244.html
You see they mentioned 'Embedded LINUX System' as the OS used in…
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Why does GNU 'bc' have such a long copyright string?
When you run 'bc' on a GNU system, it prints out the following text:
~$ bc
bc 1.07.1
Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
In contrast to…
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Where can I find the source code specifically for the minimal debian installer cd?
I want to distribute a debian virtual machine as a OVA file, in order to comply with the GPL I want to provide the source code for debian alongside the debian virtual machine.
Instead of downloading all the packages after installation with
apt-get…
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Screen version 4.00.03 (FAU) 23-Oct-06 GPL issues
I am using Screen command with following version :-
Screen version 4.00.03 (FAU) 23-Oct-06
I want to know which GPL version(GPLv2 or GPLv3) associated with Screen command. Any help from where i could find out ?
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