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| author | Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> | 2023-06-20 11:08:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> | 2023-06-20 11:08:32 +0200 |
| commit | f75d309f90c7808e7938eae64d6448f1e2b87e34 (patch) | |
| tree | d5bd3cb4b39f93591083655981e66b24af8656ae | |
| parent | 7cb7b33b7d96e4a26725a3a21579aaa41e898cf5 (diff) | |
| download | writefreesoftware.org-f75d309f90c7808e7938eae64d6448f1e2b87e34.tar.xz | |
Further clarifications on copyleft mechanics
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diff --git a/content/learn/licenses.md b/content/learn/licenses.md index fb7e6de..b7e6f1a 100644 --- a/content/learn/licenses.md +++ b/content/learn/licenses.md @@ -83,11 +83,10 @@ Here's an example from the [MIT license]: ### Copyleft Some licenses don't just *permit* you to share your improvements, but *require* -you to share your improvements. Such licenses are **copyleft** licenses, and if -you make changes to them you are required to share those changes with others -under the same free-software terms when sharing the software or software derived -from the original. Copyleft is a tool to protect free software from being -incorporated into non-free works. +that, if you share the software or software derived from or incorporating parts +of the original, you can only do so by using the same license for your +improvements. This is a **copyleft** license: a tool to protect free software +from being incorporated into non-free works. Here's an example from the [Mozilla Public License 2.0]: |