Mercurial > emacs
changeset 48644:0e25d6f7c121
(Copyleft): Rewrite definition.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 04 Dec 2002 11:03:17 +0000 |
| parents | 6d1169068833 |
| children | 541276514fa5 |
| files | man/glossary.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/glossary.texi Wed Dec 04 04:00:48 2002 +0000 +++ b/man/glossary.texi Wed Dec 04 11:03:17 2002 +0000 @@ -246,10 +246,9 @@ @item Copyleft A copyleft is a notice giving the public legal permission to -redistribute a program or other work of art. Copylefts are used by -left-wing programmers to promote freedom and cooperation, just as -copyrights are used by right-wing programmers to gain power over other -people. +redistribute a program or other work of art. Copyright is normally used +to keep users divided and helpless; with copyleft we turn that around +to empower users and encourage them to cooperate. The particular form of copyleft used by the GNU project is called the GNU General Public License. @xref{Copying}.