General public license, version 3 (GPLv3)

A license that guarantees that software

can be (re-)distributed only as free software,

that is

no essential freedom can ever be taken away from it,

making it more just than

• GPLv2 (General Public License, Version 2),
• BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution),
• MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology),

and other free software licenses.

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