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- Jul 30, 2025 License Compatibility and the Direction of Relicensing Combining two licensed works produces one distribution that must satisfy every condition in it; why permissive code can move into copyleft but not the reverse, and which patent and version clauses block a combination outright. computing history
- Mar 20, 2024 How Copyleft Travels Through Derivative Works The GPL binds works based on the original, not software on the same disk: how the license text draws the boundary, what conveying a binary obliges a distributor to supply, and where library and file-scope licenses shift the line. computing history
- Jun 30, 2022 What a Software License Does to a Copyright Default Copyright reserves reproduction, modification and distribution from the moment code is fixed, so a license is a conditional permission that lifts specific rights; permissive and copyleft terms differ only in the conditions attached. computing history