General Public License

Although Sun now embraces Linux and other software covered by the General Public License, a free-software licensing scheme, Sun has used other types of open-software licenses in the past.

IBM Lawyers Scour Sun's Documents 2009

The MPAA also distributed a software toolkit for detecting file-sharing, but was forced to discontinue its distribution when it was discovered that they themselves had broken copyright by failing to adhere to its General Public License under its distribution.

US Education Establishments Forced to Play Copyright Cops Martyn Daniels 2008

The MPAA also distributed a software toolkit for detecting file-sharing, but was forced to discontinue its distribution when it was discovered that they themselves had broken copyright by failing to adhere to its General Public License under its distribution.

Archive 2008-08-01 Martyn Daniels 2008

In the meantime, IBM has countersued by arguing that an as-yet-untested open-source-community agreement, the General Public License (GPL), negates SCO's claims of code ownership.

AN UNLIKELY CHAMPION 2008

Unlike the closed proprietary software the major voting vendors chose to use, open source software is open and free under the General Public License.

A Publicly Owned and Controlled Voting System Ensuring Transparency and Oversight by the People or Nothing 2007

BT's wireless broadband router Home Hub may be in breach of the terms of Linux's General Public License, after it emerged the device runs on open source code.

Archive 2007-01-01 glyn moody 2007

But its patent grant came with strings attached: The 1,600-some patents may only be used under Sun's Common Development and Distribution License, which is incompatible with the General Public License used on Linux.

Archive 2005-02-01 Peter Zura 2005

Under the terms of the General Public License, Linux software may not be distributed if it contains patented technology that requires royalty payments regardless of the amount.

Archive 2005-10-01 Peter Zura 2005

The General Public License: Phil Albert does a good summary of of GPL's and their application in the marketplace.

The 271 Patent Blog Peter Zura 2004

Open source software is released under a series of licenses, the most important being the General Public License (GPL).

The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind James Boyle