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'''a copyleft license uses copyright law in order to ensure that every person who receives a copy or derived version of a work can use, modify, and also redistribute both the work, and derived versions of the work''' | |||
=Description= | |||
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft | From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft | ||
Copyleft describes a group of licenses applied to works such as software, documents, music, and art. Whereas copyright law is seen by the original proponents of copyleft as a way to restrict the right to make and redistribute copies of a particular work, a copyleft license uses copyright law in order to ensure that every person who receives a copy or derived version of a work can use, modify, and also redistribute both the work, and derived versions of the work. Thus, in a non-legal sense, copyleft is the opposite of copyright. | Copyleft describes a group of licenses applied to works such as software, documents, music, and art. Whereas copyright law is seen by the original proponents of copyleft as a way to restrict the right to make and redistribute copies of a particular work, '''a copyleft license uses copyright law in order to ensure that every person who receives a copy or derived version of a work can use, modify, and also redistribute both the work, and derived versions of the work'''. Thus, in a non-legal sense, copyleft is the opposite of copyright. | ||
Authors and developers use copyleft with their work to include others in improving and elaborating the work as a continuing process. | Authors and developers use copyleft with their work to include others in improving and elaborating the work as a continuing process. | ||
=More Information= | |||
More info at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html | More info at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html | ||
A primer on the ethics of intellectual property law, at http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/copying_primer.html | |||
[[Category:Encyclopedia]] | [[Category:Encyclopedia]] | ||
Revision as of 04:37, 28 May 2006
a copyleft license uses copyright law in order to ensure that every person who receives a copy or derived version of a work can use, modify, and also redistribute both the work, and derived versions of the work
Description
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft
Copyleft describes a group of licenses applied to works such as software, documents, music, and art. Whereas copyright law is seen by the original proponents of copyleft as a way to restrict the right to make and redistribute copies of a particular work, a copyleft license uses copyright law in order to ensure that every person who receives a copy or derived version of a work can use, modify, and also redistribute both the work, and derived versions of the work. Thus, in a non-legal sense, copyleft is the opposite of copyright.
Authors and developers use copyleft with their work to include others in improving and elaborating the work as a continuing process.
More Information
More info at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html
A primer on the ethics of intellectual property law, at http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/copying_primer.html