O brezplačnem programju in GPL

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When one hears about „free software“, the first thing that comes to mind might be „no cost“. While this is often true, the term „free software“ as used by the Free Software Foundation (originators of the GNU Project and creators of the GNU General Public License) is intended to mean „free as in freedom“ rather than in the sense of „no cost“ (which is usually referred to as „free as in free beer“ or gratis). Free software in this sense is software which you are free to use, copy, modify, redistribute, with no limit. Contrast this with the licensing of most commercial software packages, where you are allowed to load the software on a single computer, are allowed to make no copies, and never see the source code. Free software allows incredible freedom to the end user. Since the source code is universally available, there are also many more chances for bugs to be caught and fixed.

Ko je program izdan pod licenco GNU General Public License (GPL):

  • imate pravico uporabljati ta program za kakršen koli namen,

  • imate pravico spreminjati program in dostopati do izvorne kode,

  • imate pravico kopirati in širiti program,

  • imate pravico izboljšati program in širiti spremenjeno različico.

In return for these rights, you have some responsibilities if you distribute a GPL’d program. These responsibilities are designed to protect your freedoms and the freedoms of others:

  • program morate opremiti s kopijo licence GPL, da bodo uporabniki vedeli, kakšne pravice imajo glede uporabe programa,

  • k programu morate priložiti izvorno kodo ali jo narediti kako drugače prosto dostopno,

  • če spremenite kodo in širite spremenjeno različico, morate svoje spremembe opremiti z licenco GPL (ali skladno licenco),

  • ne smete omejiti uporabe programa dlje od licence GPL (programa z licenco GPL ne smete spremeniti v lastniški produkt).

Za več informacij o licenci GPL preberite spletno stran GNU Project website (v angleščini).

Opomba

Licenca GPL velja samo za program Blender in ne velja za umetniška dela, ki jih ustvarite z njim; za več informacij si preberite Blenderjevo licenco.