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Incorporate copyleft defn from copyleft.org site

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I wrote a pretty good copyleft definition, originally based on the one
found on Wikipedia, for use on the front page of copyleft.org.  Herein
it is integrated with the tutorial as well.
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gpl-lgpl.tex
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@ -480,8 +480,19 @@ developers of the kernel named Linux, have chosen to follow this paradigm.
\label{copyleft-definition}
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Copyleft is a strategy of utilizing copyright law to pursue the policy goal
of fostering and encouraging the equal and inalienable right to copy, share,
modify and improve creative works of authorship. Copyleft (as a general
term) describes any method that utilizes the copyright system to achieve the
aforementioned goal. Copyleft as a concept is usually implemented in the
details of a specific copyright license, such as the
\hyperref[GPLv3-full-text]{GNU General Public License (GPL)} and the Creative
Commons Attribution Share Alike License (the latter of which is the license
of this work itself). Copyright holders of creative work can unilaterally
implement these licenses for their own works to build communities that
collaboratively share and improve those copylefted creative works.
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Copyleft,
which uses functional parts of copyright law to achieve an unusual result
(legal protection for free sharing) forms the core legal principle of these

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license-texts.tex
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@ -1026,7 +1026,9 @@ signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 1990 \\
Ty Coon, President of Vice
\end{quote}
\chapter{The GNU General Public License, version 3}
\label{GPLv3-full-text}
\begin{center}
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