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&ldquo;GPL&rdquo; stands for &ldquo;General Public License&rdquo;. The most widespread such license is the GNU General Public License, or GNU GPL for short. This can be further shortened to &ldquo;GPL&rdquo;, when it is understood that the GNU GPL is the one intended.