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What is the name of the most widely used free software license authored by Richard Stallman?
MIT License
Apache License
GNU General Public License
BSD License
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Richard Stallman is the main author of free software licenses, most notably the GNU General Public License (GPL), which is the most widely used free software license. This license grants the recipients of a computer program the rights of the Free Software Definition and uses copyleft to ensure the freedoms are preserved, even when the work is changed or added to.
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