Re: Copyleft & royalties for authors

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From: Per Abrahamsen
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1991 16:10

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>>>>> On 10 Nov 91 03:38:45 GMT, nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) said:

nazgul> Put a copyright on it that allows non-commercial use, but
nazgul> requires anyone wishing to include it or derivitives in
nazgul> commercial software to contact you first.

That is essentially how the copyleft works.  GhostScript is explicitly
distributed under similar conditions (using the copyleft).

As long as you own the copyright, you can always make it available in
commercial software.  Things may be different if you donate the
software to the FSF, but simply putting it under the copyleft does not
remove any of your own rights.

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From: abraham@iesd.auc.dk (Per Abrahamsen)
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