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  • From: Roger Chrisman <roger AT rogerchrisman.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Share-alike != Copyleft ?
  • Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:33:58 -0800

Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> I'm looking for a little clarification: Is share-alike actually the
> same as copyleft?

Devil's in the details

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft#Strong_and_weak_copyleft

Copyleft has lesser and stronger licenses associated with it, e.g. LGPL
and PGL.

Is CC-by-sa a lesser copyleft license rather than a stronger copyleft
license? I don't know.

Anyone know?

--
Roger Chrisman :-) http://Wikigogy.org - free resources
for teachers of English as a second or foreign language




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