From 00ac5cfb9ad536a36a10afe4b28892b452c8fe87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:18:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Incorporate copyleft defn from copyleft.org site 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. --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 13 ++++++++++++- license-texts.tex | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 7f9975e..b278627 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -480,8 +480,19 @@ developers of the kernel named Linux, have chosen to follow this paradigm. \label{copyleft-definition} -% FIXME-URGENT: integrate +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. +% FIXME-URGENT: integrate 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 diff --git a/license-texts.tex b/license-texts.tex index f99a52f..d4d5b6f 100644 --- a/license-texts.tex +++ b/license-texts.tex @@ -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} {\parindent 0in