The GPL copyleft license functions as a quasi-public-domain intellectual property framework with legally enforceable restrictions imposed by the original copyright holder to protect against others’ later claims of restrictive ownership.

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  What Is Open Source Software? - IBM

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• copyleft concept
• copyright concept
• intellectual property concept