GPL v3

Noun · Open Source

Definitions

  1. Version 3 of the GNU General Public License, which updated GPL terms to address issues such as patent retaliation, anti-circumvention, and device lockdown practices sometimes called tivoization. It remains a major copyleft license with strong obligations and strong opinions around it.

    In plain English: A later version of the GPL license with additional protections around patents and locked-down devices.

    Example: "They avoided GPL v3 because the hardware business did not want the anti-lockdown provisions touching its deployment model."

Related Terms