License Landscape.

Find a license Appendix Check a license Log in

GNU General Public License v3.0

Strong copyleft — derivatives must ship under the same license.

License text

Full text hosted at the canonical source — see the link above.

SPDX OSI approved FSF libre Fair Source

Permissions

Commercial useModifyDistributePrivate usePatent use

Conditions

License and copyright noticeDisclose sourceSame licenseState changes

Limitations

LiabilityWarranty

Who may use it free

everyone

Anyone, for any purpose, forever.

When the terms change

never converts

Terms never change.

Can you reuse this text?

Open

The GPL's own preamble says it: “Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.”

This license has no blanks — the text above is the whole thing.

Not legal advice. We generate configurations of named licenses, never novel text — for anything outside these blanks, talk to a lawyer.