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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: The meaning of "copyleft" (Re: The meaning of ``Free'' in FSF)
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Date: 4 Aug 89 16:06:15 GMT
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djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) writes:

|Does "copyleft" have some meaning that those in the know know,
|or is it supposed to be cute?

It's supposed to be cute. In general, it refers to copyrighted but
freely redistributable software.

Sean
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