"GPL" meaning in English

See GPL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} GPL
  1. (copyright law) Initialism of General Public License. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: General Public License Synonyms: GNU GPL Coordinate_terms: FDL
    Sense id: en-GPL-en-name-5kkGreaO Categories (other): Copyright licenses, Software Disambiguation of Software: 85 0 15 Topics: copyright, intellectual-property, law

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} GPL
  1. (linguistics) Initialism of Germanic parent language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Germanic parent language Translations (Translations): Vorgermanisch [neuter] (German), Prägermanisch [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-GPL-en-name-pGTs9WpP Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 77 3 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 24 68 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 85 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 69 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 73 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 79 7 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Verb

Forms: GPLs [present, singular, third-person], GPLing [participle, present], GPLed [participle, past], GPLed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} GPL (third-person singular simple present GPLs, present participle GPLing, simple past and past participle GPLed)
  1. (transitive, copyright law, colloquial) To release under the General Public License. Tags: colloquial, transitive
    Sense id: en-GPL-en-verb-RpoK-UPu Categories (other): Copyright Topics: copyright, intellectual-property, law

Inflected forms

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