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GNU General Public License: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License

It's one of several options for software licenses a developer or team can use when distributing a piece of software to help ensure that it and its derivates stay free and open-source.

I like your "no bad questions" attitude and your straightforward answer!

Not sure whether to be dismayed or excited at the fact that this is a question on Hacker News, but those who are new to it; definitely worth doing your homework.

It's the legal jiu-jitsu that has enabled Linux and countless other "Open Source" projects to remain free by preventing people from taking the code for free but then locking it back down.

Its like when Morpheus goes into the Matrix to free more people.

Matrixxx (and Trinity, of course, wears a GIMP suit)