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Old 12-21-2020, 09:18 PM   #3
j.p.s
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Originally Posted by shalym View Post
What in the world is "copyleft"? Is that you just making up a new word because you don't like copyright?

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It's been around for decades, I think Richard Stallman coined it.

The idea is that instead of restricting certain freedoms via copyright law, the GPL uses copyright law to guarantee certain freedoms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft
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