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<h3 id="bash">Bash</h3>
A very common utility for Linux-based systems. Bash was originally released under the General Public License version 2 (GPLv2), but newer versions of Bash are under version 3 (GPLv3). Descendants of both versions are utilized in the industry.
<h3 id="complaint">Compliant (in a lawsuit)</h3>
<p>In the context of a lawsuit, the Complaint is the document that begins the
lawsuit. It states the basic claims of action by the Plaintiff, and their
<p>Informally, <acronym title="Complete Corresponding Source">CCS</acronym> is all of the technical materials and source code required to modify, run, and/or reinstall the software. The <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> and <acronym title="Lesser General Public License">LGPL</acronym> have a formal definitions for <acronym title="Complete Corresponding Source">CCS</acronym>, which is sometimes called "Corresponding Source."</p>
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<p>Fulfilling the requirements of a contract in exactly the way the contract specifies. When most contracts are disputed in court, the plaintiff expects to receive money, that they can use to remedy the harm that the other party caused them in not holding up their side of the deal. When a plaintiff seeks specific performance, they want something that money can’t replace.</p>
<h3 id="summary-judgment">Summary Judgment</h3>
<p>In a <em>summary judgment</em> motion, a party in a lawsuit asks the Court
to rule immediately on some (or all) of the claims made in <a
href="#complaint">the complaint</a>.
<h3 id="third-party-beneficiary">third-party beneficiaries of the GPL</h3>
<p>People who aren’t a party to a <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> agreement, but who would benefit from the contract if the parties to the <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> do as they promise under the agreement. An example of such a benefit might be the receipt of the source code of the GPL’d software. See also General Public License (GPL).</p>