Labels:book | chat room | hakham | laptop | monitor OCR: COMPUTER SOFTWARE 151 The GPL (General Public License) was developed for a free operating sys- tem called GNU GPL is slightly more restrictive than BSD because requires derivative works to be licensed under GPL. That means I you get a really cool computer game that's licensed under GPL and you modify the game to create new level, you have to distribute your modifica ation under the GPL license You cannot legally market your modification under com- mercial software license There are currently three versions of the GPL license Their differences are of interest primarily to software developers. Should software license affect my purchase decisi ion? Savvy software buyers typically consider software licenses before they make purchase. Understanding software license helps you stay on the right s ...
