A new, post-post-modern, non-weak copyleft license inspired by, though different from, the GNU GPL.
Contributions of patches, ideas, and criticism are welcome (see the file CONTRIBUTING.md for more information). In particular, the Copyleft-Next Project actively seeks the participation of open source/free software project developers who may not have considered helping with license drafting before. License drafting is fundamentally about establishing policies for projects, and therefore input from developers of the highest value.
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In GNU GPLv3, the only explicit statement that granted licenses are royalty-free occurs by way of an example given to the "no further restrictions" rule. This is unsatisfactory in appearing not to bind the original licensor (cf. the way the patent license grant of GNU GPLv3 is formulated). GNU GPLv2 indicates that distributed works based on the Program must be licensed "at no charge to all third parties", and the warranty disclaimer is prepended with a statement that "the Program is licensed free of charge". These features were removed from GNU GPLv3, I believe primarily to remove any doubt about the right to charge any fee for distribution of copies (see also the second paragraph of GNU GPLv3 section 4). In this commit, we delete the "no further restrictions" example and add language to the "basic permissions" section clarifying that all license are granted royalty-free. |
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