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| author | Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> | 2023-06-20 09:12:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> | 2023-06-20 09:12:10 +0200 |
| commit | 9d02d17e18919203e388e067e5d664bd2c9cd117 (patch) | |
| tree | d8b34defac3f911bdb8ca36e03e81de60f498397 /content | |
| parent | b8e64ee057afe22b37cfccbea61077866f66eb99 (diff) | |
| download | writefreesoftware.org-9d02d17e18919203e388e067e5d664bd2c9cd117.tar.xz | |
Clarify copyleft semantics
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| -rw-r--r-- | content/learn/licenses.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/content/learn/licenses.md b/content/learn/licenses.md index 01e552d..fb7e6de 100644 --- a/content/learn/licenses.md +++ b/content/learn/licenses.md @@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ Here's an example from the [MIT license]: 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. Copyleft is a tool to protect free software -from being incorporated into non-free works. +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. Here's an example from the [Mozilla Public License 2.0]: |