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+1. Why Copyleft? {#why-copyleft .chapter}
+================
+
+> When it comes to defending the freedom of others, to lie down and do
+> nothing is an act of weakness, not humility.
+
+In the GNU Project we usually recommend people use copyleft[(1)](#FOOT1)
+licenses like GNU GPL, rather than permissive noncopyleft free software
+licenses. We don’t argue harshly against the noncopyleft licenses—in
+fact, we occasionally recommend them in special circumstances—but the
+advocates of those licenses show a pattern of arguing harshly against
+the GPL.
+
+@firstcopyingnotice{{@footnoterule@smallskip Copyright © 2003, 2007,
+2008, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\
+ {This essay was originally published on <http://gnu.org>, in 2003. This
+version is part of @fsfsthreecite}
+
+In one such argument, a person stated that his use of one of the BSD
+licenses was an “act of humility”: “I ask nothing of those who use my
+code, except to credit me.” It is rather a stretch to describe a legal
+demand for credit as “humility,” but there is a deeper point to be
+considered here.
+
+Humility is abnegating your own self interest, but you and the one who
+uses your code are not the only ones affected by your choice of which
+free software license to use for your code. Someone who uses your code
+in a nonfree program is trying to deny freedom to others, and if you let
+him do it, you’re failing to defend their freedom. When it comes to
+defending the freedom of others, to lie down and do nothing is an act of
+weakness, not humility.
+
+Releasing your code under one of the BSD licenses, or some other
+permissive noncopyleft license, is not doing wrong; the program is still
+free software, and still a contribution to our community. But it is
+weak, and in most cases it is not the best way to promote users’ freedom
+to share and change software.
+
+<div class="footnote">
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+### Footnotes
+
+### [(1)](#DOCF1)
+
+@raggedright See “What Is Copyleft?” (@pageref{Copyleft}). @end
+raggedright
+
+</div>
+
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