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Why is Pentaho using the General Public License (GPL) for the Pentaho BI Platform?

April 26, 2017Bi GPL license Pentaho Platform public

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Why is Pentaho using the General Public License (GPL) for the Pentaho BI Platform?

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The GPL is the most widely used open source software license. Currently, more than 60% of open source projects tracked on freshmeat.org are GPL-licensed. The GPL is well understood by the market and the legal community and has notable precedents such as MySQL, Java and the Linux kernel as GPL-licensed projects. Because the GPL is what’s known as a “reciprocal license” it ensures that the software is open and remains open.