gpl
Speech parts
1. gpl - Noun
2. gpl - Verb
3. Gpl - Proper noun
Meaning
GPL
(computing, copyright law) Initialism of General Public License.
Hyponyms: AGPL, LGPL
Coordinate term: FDL
GPL (third-person singular simple present GPLs, present participle GPLing, simple past and past participle GPLed)
(computing, copyright law, transitive, colloquial) To release under the GPL.
GPL
(linguistics) Initialism of Germanic parent language.
gpl (plural unc)
Abbreviation of grams per litre.
Examples
According to the maintainer Thomas E. Dickey, this precludes relicensing to the GPL in any version, since it would place restrictions on the programs that will be able to link to the libraries.
According to Ramtahal, this would have to be tackled over the next few months if GPL was to remain viable.
Adminer is distributed under the Apache license (or GPL v2) in the form of a single PHP file (around 300 KiB in size), and is capable of managing multiple databases, with many CSS skins available.
Ballmer used the notion of "viral" licensing terms to express his concern over the fact that the GNU General Public License (GPL) employed by such software requires that all derivative software be under the GPL or a compatible license.
DynamicPAD is a set of server-side PHP scripts distributed under a GPL license and a freeware DynamicPAD builder for 32-bit Windows.
Effective with Ruby 1.9.3, released October 31, 2011, citation Ruby switched from being dual-licensed under the Ruby License and the GPL to being dual-licensed under the Ruby License and the two-clause BSD license.