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diff --git a/docs/why-copyleft.md b/docs/why-copyleft.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5919d95 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/why-copyleft.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +--- +Generator: 'texi2html 1.82' +description: Untitled Document +distribution: global +keywords: Untitled Document +resource-type: document +title: Untitled Document +... + +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> + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +This document was generated by *tonghuix* on *March 25, 2016* using +[*texi2html 1.82*](http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/).\ |