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Protecting Freedom – the GNU GPL
Project commencement 1984 – Richard Stallman
Free Software Foundation founded 1985
GNU General Public License (GPL)
Notes:
If you want to make sure that no one will use your feeely code to create proprietary (non-free) software, consider releasing it under the GNU GPL.
The legal validity of the GNU GPL is extremely important, as it currently is the only means by which free software developers can protect themselves against corporations with more money and legal muscle then the Free Software community.