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{{Commons category|Copyleft}}
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This category is for articles about licenses which:
This category is for articles about licenses which:
# Contrary to the usual application of copyright law, they aim to enable each recipient to help themself and to cooperate with others, and
# Contrary to the usual application of copyright law, aim to enable each recipient to help himself and to cooperate with others, and
# Requires that modified versions be distributed wholly under the same licence ("share and share alike")
# Require that modified versions be distributed wholly under the same licence ("share and share alike")


Note: this category differs substantially from [[:Category:free software licenses]] in that it is not limited to software, and not all [[free software licenses]] are copyleft (some are [[Permissive free software licences|permissive]], like those of BSD and MIT).
Note: this category differs substantially from [[:Category:Free and open-source software licenses]] in that it is not limited to software, and not all [[free software licenses]] are copyleft (some are [[Permissive free software licences|permissive]], like those of BSD and MIT).


[[Category:Copyright law]]
[[Category:Copyright law]]
[[Category:Copyright licenses]]
[[Category:Copyright licenses]]
[[Category:Movement against intellectual property]]
[[Category:Intellectual property activism]]
[[Category:Libre culture]]
[[Category:Open content]]
[[Category:Open content]]
[[Category:Free and open-source software]]

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Latest revision as of 08:09, 14 November 2023

This category is for articles about licenses which:

  1. Contrary to the usual application of copyright law, aim to enable each recipient to help himself and to cooperate with others, and
  2. Require that modified versions be distributed wholly under the same licence ("share and share alike")

Note: this category differs substantially from Category:Free and open-source software licenses in that it is not limited to software, and not all free software licenses are copyleft (some are permissive, like those of BSD and MIT).