CMST 3II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Richard Stallman, Copyleft, Multiple Choice
9 Aug 2018
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3 or 4 short answer (key concepts and themes) Novel use of existing copyright law to ensure that work remains freely available. Different from letting work pass into the public domain or choosing not to exercise ownership rights. Licenses that require people to keep things free. Tinker, hack, repurpose copyright law often for the purpose of mitigating its effect. The drafting of software licenses that have been upheld as being legally binding in a variety of jurisdictions. Opportunities for free use i. e. free software, general public license. Derivative works not bound by the same license. Come up with own license and terms of use i. e open source software. Free speech as opposed to free beer: users can still sell derivative copies. Most popular copyleft license used in free software packages. Control vs. freedom - users not able to choose an alternative license for derivative works.
