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+<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html -->
+<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays licensing copyleft" -->
+<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" -->
<title>Why Copyleft?
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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+<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" -->
+<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" -->
+<div class="article reduced-width">
<h2>Why Copyleft?</h2>
-<p>
-<cite>&ldquo;When it comes to defending the freedom of others, to lie
-down and do nothing is an act of weakness, not humility.&rdquo;</cite>
-</p>
+<div class="important">
+<p><em>When it comes to defending everyone's freedom, to lie
+down and do nothing is an act of weakness, not humility.</em></p>
+</div>
<p>
In the GNU Project we usually recommend people
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ In one such argument, a person stated that his use of one of the BSD
licenses was an &ldquo;act of humility&rdquo;: &ldquo;I ask nothing of
those who use my code, except to credit me.&rdquo; It is rather a
stretch to describe a legal demand for credit as
-&ldquo;humility&rdquo;, but there is a deeper point to be considered
+&ldquo;humility,&rdquo; but there is a deeper point to be considered
here.
</p>
@@ -62,15 +69,16 @@ nonfree adaptation of LLVM is the only compiler for those machines,
and is likely to remain so.</li>
<li>Intel uses
-<a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/google-removing-minix-management-engine-intel,35876.html">a
+<a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/google-removing-minix-management-engine-intel,35876.html">a
proprietary version of the MINIX system</a>, which is free but not
copylefted, in the Management Engine back door in its modern
processors.</li>
</ul>
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<div class="unprintable">
<p>Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
@@ -88,13 +96,13 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org">&lt;webmasters@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org">
&lt;web-translators@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
- <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+ <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of
our web pages, see <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
README</a>. -->
Please see the <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
-README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations
of this article.</p>
</div>
@@ -115,7 +123,7 @@ of this article.</p>
There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2003, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2003, 2017, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p>
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2020/07/01 15:25:23 $
+$Date: 2021/08/28 13:29:46 $
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</p>
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