The GPL is the grandaddy of open source licenses, and is not only the license used by Linux, but is the license that gave birth to the open source movement. It was designed with the purpose of giving computer users control of their machines, guaranteeing that software would be freely available and modifiable by users. It is also the backbone upon which enterprise adoption of open source is based, and being compatible with the GPL is considered to be a requirement for all open source licenses.
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