CSC 379:Week 2, Group 5

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GNU General Public License

Overview

The General Public License (GPL) was created in 1989 by Richard Stallman as a way of allowing many projects to share source code under a unifying license. The GPL ensures that any software that was derived from open source remains free and guarantees freedom to share and change the software at the users will.

Discussion Questions

  • What is the impact of GPL use?


  • What are the ethical considerations for licenses like GPL that require their adoption if work licensed under it is incorporated into a parent work, with additional stipulations that include the acceptance of the most current version of the GPL license?


  • What ethical considerations are highlighted by the patent sharing/protection agreement between Microsoft and Novell?
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