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.. title: OpenLP Now Licensed Under GPL Version 3
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.. slug: 2019/05/01/openlp-now-licensed-under-gpl-version-3
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.. date: 2019-05-01 08:00:00 UTC
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.. previewimage: /cover-images/openlp-now-licensed-under-gpl-version-3.jpg
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As of today, the 1st of May 2019, OpenLP is officially licensed under version 3 (or higher) of the `GNU General Public
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License`_.
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Simply put, we're updating to a newer version of the license we already use.
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Does this affect me?
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People reading this blog post will no doubt be asking themselves, "does this affect me?" and the answer depends on what
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your role within OpenLP is.
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End user
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If you're an end user, someone who downloaded and installed OpenLP and is using it in your church, youth group, Bible
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study, or somewhere else, this change does not affect you. Your freedoms remain the same, you can still use it
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whenever, wherever and however you want. You can still give OpenLP away to as many people as you want, without needing
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to obtain permission (the license expressly gives you permission to do this). This newer version of the license ensures
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your freedoms the same way the old version did, but adapted to a newer age of technology.
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Developer
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~~~~~~~~~
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In many ways, this change does not affect people contributing to OpenLP either. From today onward, however, your
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contributions to OpenLP will be covered by version 3 (or higher) of the GNU GPL.
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Do I need to do anything?
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No, this is just a change to how we the developers are licensing OpenLP. You don't need to do anything.
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Why the change?
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---------------
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Version 2 of the GPL was sufficient for many years, but many of the libraries and projects that OpenLP uses have moved
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forward, not only in code but also in licenses. With this in mind, OpenLP had to change our license to be compliant
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with the licenses of the libaries and project we use.
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.. _GNU General Public License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
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