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Prefer (L)GPL 3.0 to 2.x.

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The GPL v3 is an improvement over v2 fixing several issues and
increasing compatibility with other free software licenses.  As such
there is no reason to feature v2 prominently rather than v3.  See
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.en.html for more rationale.
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tab-slug: gpl-v2
redirect_from: /licenses/gpl-v2/
family: GPL
featured: true
variant: true
source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
description: GPL is the most widely used free software license and has a strong copyleft requirement. When distributing derived works, the source code of the work must be made available under the same license. There are multiple variants of the GPL, each with different requirements.

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tab-slug: gpl-v3
redirect_from: /licenses/gpl-v3/
family: GPL
variant: true
featured: true
source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
description: GPL is the most widely used free software license and has a strong copyleft requirement. When distributing derived works, the source code of the work must be made available under the same license.

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tab-slug: lgpl-v2_1
redirect_from: /licenses/lgpl-v2.1/
family: LGPL
variant: true
source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
description: Primarily used for software libraries, LGPL requires that derived works be licensed under the same license, but works that only link to it do not fall under this restriction. There are two commonly used versions of the LGPL.

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tab-slug: lgpl-v3
redirect_from: /licenses/lgpl-v3/
family: LGPL
variant: true
source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
description: Version 3 of the LGPL is an additional set of permissions to the <a href="/licenses/GPL-3.0">GPL v3 license</a> that requires that derived works be licensed under the same license, but works that only link to it do not fall under this restriction.

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</p>
</li>
<li class="copyleft">
<a href="licenses/gpl-2.0/">
<a href="licenses/gpl-3.0/">
<span class="triptych-sprite circular"></span>
<h3>I care about sharing improvements.</h3>
</a>