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This is a valuable project, executed well. A suggested edit: the term "copyleft" at https://writefreesoftware.org/learn/licenses https://writefreesoftware.org/
by lucasgonze 3y ago
This is a valuable project, executed well.
A suggested edit: the term "copyleft" at https://writefreesoftware.org/learn/licenses https://writefreesoftware.org/learn/licenses is confusing and is falling into disuse. "Reciprocal licensing" is easier to understand and is growing.
Does Drew Devault have a HN handle we can @?
- ddevault 3y agoNot sure that "copyleft" is confusing or falling into disuse, I hear people talking about it without confusion pretty often. First time I've heard "reciprocal licensing".
- gravypod 3y agoI think "copyleft" is ubiquitous within the tech crowd but the first time I heard the term I was confused. Might be worth asking a few people you know in the real world who are not tech people to see if they knew what either means.
- lucasgonze 3y agoThe only people who know the term "copyleft" are already familiar with GNU, the FSF, and the free software movement. That is a tiny pool.
- occamrazor 3y ago“Reciprocal licensing” is not precise. I think ShareAlike is more descriptive (and consistent with CC licenses).
- lucasgonze 3y agoShareAlike is also effective. What we know for sure is that Copyleft is never going to work.
- suby 3y agoDoes @ on HN actually work though? I didn't think that was a thing here.
- msla 3y agoNo.