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The GNU General Public License, Version 2 is the license created by the Free Software Foundation and the GNU Project in order to be used for software documentation.
A work licensed in this way grants all the four freedoms listed in the definition of free cultural works:
The license places some key restrictions on those freedoms:
Source Code[edit]When the work or part of it is generated by computation from a modifiable structured form as Source Code (e.g. textual), it must be made available to recipients of the work. |
No DRM or TPM[edit]You must not restrict access to the work using technical measures, or otherwise attempt to impose limitations on the freedoms above. |
Copyleft[edit]You must release derivative works under an identical or similar license |
Copy of the License[edit]You must include an unaltered copy of the license with every verbatim or modified copy of the work. |
Legal code[edit]
The above human readable summary does not constitute an actual grant of license; please review the legal code of the license. When distributing a work, it must be accompanied with the full text of the actual license.