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I'm not arguing in favor of piracy, but isn't GPL anti copyright (copyleft)

• deleted 6y ago
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• jasonlotito 6y ago
  Fair question. =) No, it's not. "Copyleft licenses exist within the legal structure of copyrights. Despite what the name implies, copyleft isn't about abolishing copyrights. Rather, copyleft licenses are a subset of copyright licenses, and the goal is to restore freedom to users." https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/copyleft-copyright-key-concepts/ https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/copyleft-copyright-key-concept...
  • tauwauwau 6y ago
    You are right, thanks for clarifying. I asked that question as the GP made the case that breaking GPL is equivalent to pirating (breaking any other copyright). But GPL ensures a resource is always shareable and anyone who tries to break it would be limiting shareability of the resource, essentially it would be opposite of piracy.
    • scarface74 6y ago
      If you use GPL software in non GPL code, you are still “pirating” the code and using it in a way that the person/group didn’t give you permission to use the license. This is no different than sharing any other copyrighted content. The copyright holder controls how the content is shared.