GPL or GPLv2 is the Gnu Public Licence which grants freedoms to users of open source software. It is not free as in beer necessarily, as the freedom here is actual freedom, not zero cost, though often GPL software is also distributed without charge by the kindly people who contribute unto it. Nice.
For some of our corporate clients used to paying for licences, Open Source can present the legal department with some challenges. This guide explains some of the terminology, the real-world application for the Open Source approach and where this has been tested in court. This guide will be of interest to legal departments and web …
Free in the GPL means freedom, not free of charge, but also, in the context of this article, it also means free as in it costs you nothing. A lot of people say “free as in beer” – this may or may not mean anything to you, but the WordPress themes in this post are …
