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Originally Posted by hobnail
Lol, what rock have you been hiding under? I can't even remember when I first heard the word copyleft. Ever heard of searching with google?
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Interesting...not a word I had ever heard before. (or if I did, I don't remember it) I've heard of the GPL, but never specifically heard it referred to as "copyleft" before.
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Originally Posted by Brittanica
Alternative Titles: GNU GPL, GNU General Public License
Copyleft, license granting general permission to copy and reproduce intellectual property. Where copyright protects society’s interests in invention and creativity by providing individual incentives through copyright control, copyleft protects social interests in knowledge creation by vesting copyright control in a large general community. The concept of copyleft is central to many programming projects, and the license is most commonly used for software, digital art, writings, and other creative content.
Copyleft is a specific license granted under copyright law, and the international statutes governing copyright law are the mechanisms that establish and protect copyleft. Typically, copyleft is a general license agreement granted by a copyright owner permitting anyone to freely use copyrighted property but under specific terms. For example, copylefted software allows users to run, modify, copy, and distribute software on the condition that the source code remains open and publicly available. Such software must usually be passed on with a copyleft license that requires successive users to accept and transmit copyleft and mandates that any modifications or improvements to the copylefted software be likewise transmitted under copyleft.
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https://www.britannica.com/topic/copyleft
Shari