crao.net: Juridical analysis of the GPL published [In French]

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"This document constitutes a legal study of the licence Publique General GNU. This study was carried out by Mrs Melanie Clement-Fountain within the framework of Right DEA the " of immaterial creations " of the University Montpellier I (laboratory CNRS ERCIM) under the direction of Professor Michel Vivant."

Introductory Document

Analysis Document

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