gpv

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Definitions of gpv word

abbreviation Technical meaning of GPV General Public Virus 3
noun Definition of gpv in Technology (software, legal) A pejorative name for some versions of the GNU project copyleft or General Public License (GPL), which requires that any tools or application programs incorporating copylefted code must be source-distributed on the same terms as GNU code. Thus it is alleged that the copyleft "infects" software generated with GNU tools, which may in turn infect other software that reuses any of its code. 1