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 ====== Copyleft Licensing ======
-===== Why License at All? =====
+===== The Point of Licensing =====
-By default, everything you create is under exclusive copyright. Without a license, nobody can legally copy, distribute, or modify your work — even if it's publicly visible on GitHub. Choosing an open-source license is a declaration that you want your work to benefit everyone.
+By default, everything you create is under exclusive copyright. Without a license, nobody can legally copy, distribute, or modify your work: even if it's publicly visible on GitHub. Choosing an open-source license is a declaration that you want your work to benefit everyone.
 ===== Free as in Freedom, Not Free Beer =====
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 Copyleft uses copyright law to ensure a work //remains// free. Instead of "all rights reserved," it's "these freedoms must be preserved."
-If you modify copyleft-licensed work and distribute it, you **must** release your modifications under the same license. The code and its freedoms become legally inseparable — a "viral" effect that prevents enclosure.
+If you modify copyleft-licensed work and distribute it, you **must** release your modifications under the same license. The code and its freedoms become legally inseparable: a "viral" effect that prevents enclosure.
-===== AGPL v3 — The Network Loophole Fix =====
+===== AGPL v3: The Network Loophole Fix =====
-GPL requires sharing source code only when you **distribute** software. In the SaaS era, companies can modify GPL code, run it on their servers, and let users access it over the internet without ever distributing it — so they never have to share their changes.
+GPL requires sharing source code only when you **distribute** software. In the SaaS era, companies can modify GPL code, run it on their servers, and let users access it over the internet without ever distributing it: so they never have to share their changes.
 [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html|AGPL v3]] closes this: if users interact with your software over a **network**, you must make the source available. Corporate SaaS users of AGPL code must contribute their modifications back.
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+  * [[indieweb:creative_commons|Creative Commons Licensing]]
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