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From: jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: libg++ and copylefts
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Date: 21 Jul 89 19:47:23 GMT
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>Okay, it is time I asked.....What in blazes is CopyLeft???????????

"Copyleft" is slang terminology for the restrictive licensing terms imposed
on software from Gnu aka FSF aka "Free Software Foundation."  These licensing
terms say what you can and can't do with their software, and what you have
to do with your software if you use their software.  Along with these
licensing terms there is an associated philosophy, outlined in the 
"Gnu Manifesto."

If you haven't seen these things yet, the easiest thing to do is probably
to find someone who is using Gnu Emacs, and read their copy of the licensing
terms and Manifesto.  Alternately, people using g++ should be able to show
you a copy.