Two terrific, plain-English explanations of the GPL

The GNU General Public License (GPL) was one of the great ideas of the late 20th century. But when you read the coverage of the SCO case, it’s clear that any commentators don’t understand the GPL. (Nor, apparently, does SCO — but in that case the misunderstanding is wilful.) So here is a plain-English explanation by Robin Bloor for IT-Director.com. And here’s another by Ben Kremer.