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authorRichard M. Stallman2002-12-04 11:03:17 +0000
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246 246
247@item Copyleft 247@item Copyleft
248A copyleft is a notice giving the public legal permission to 248A copyleft is a notice giving the public legal permission to
249redistribute a program or other work of art. Copylefts are used by 249redistribute a program or other work of art. Copyright is normally used
250left-wing programmers to promote freedom and cooperation, just as 250to keep users divided and helpless; with copyleft we turn that around
251copyrights are used by right-wing programmers to gain power over other 251to empower users and encourage them to cooperate.
252people.
253 252
254The particular form of copyleft used by the GNU project is called the 253The particular form of copyleft used by the GNU project is called the
255GNU General Public License. @xref{Copying}. 254GNU General Public License. @xref{Copying}.