GPL ? what does it mean ? , the name that is.

[Lloyd Budd]

I imagine that many of us are familiar with the documented origin
of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
<http://www.free-soft.org/gpl_history/>
but where does the name come from?

Was "general" a common term in licenses then?  It does seem that
general (, generally) was part of

What about "public"?  Where "public licenses" common?

Any insights are appreciated,
Thank you,
Lloyd

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