From 9d02d17e18919203e388e067e5d664bd2c9cd117 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Drew DeVault Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:12:10 +0200 Subject: Clarify copyleft semantics --- content/learn/licenses.md | 5 +++-- 1 file 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]: -- cgit v1.3-5-g9baa