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Update documentation/repository-files/license-files.md
Co-authored-by: Inessa Pawson <[email protected]>
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In other words, copyleft licenses prohibit someone taking your work, making a proprietary version of it, and redistributing it without providing the source code so others can do the same.
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Copyleft licenses are "sticky" in that they are designed to ensure that more free software is created.
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The difference between copyleft vs. permissive licenses is an important cultural divide in free and open source software (eg. see {footcite}`hunterReclaimingComputingCommons2016`, {footcite}`gnuprojectWhatFreeSoftware2019`, {footcite}`gnuprojectWhatCopyleft2022`),
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The difference between copyleft vs. permissive licenses is an important cultural divide in free and open source software (e.g., see {footcite}`hunterReclaimingComputingCommons2016`, {footcite}`gnuprojectWhatFreeSoftware2019`, {footcite}`gnuprojectWhatCopyleft2022`),
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that you should be aware of when choosing your license - the lineage of copyleft represents the "free" part of "free and open source software."
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Free and open source software is intrinsically political, and it is important to be aware of power dynamics in computing as well as the practical problems of license compatibility (discussed below).
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