From f75d309f90c7808e7938eae64d6448f1e2b87e34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Drew DeVault Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:08:32 +0200 Subject: Further clarifications on copyleft mechanics --- content/learn/licenses.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) 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]: -- cgit v1.3