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Revision 12 . . (edit) December 8, 2001 11:24 pm by AxelBoldt
Revision 11 . . December 8, 2001 11:52 am by The Cunctator [*Don Hopkins' involvement not major point.]
Revision 10 . . (edit) December 6, 2001 10:42 pm by (logged).191.188.xxx
Revision 9 . . December 5, 2001 8:48 am by Stephen Gilbert [Separating software and publication examples]
Revision 8 . . (edit) November 2, 2001 4:33 pm by Bryan Derksen [links]
  
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Copyleft, a term coined by [Don Hopkins]? in 1984 or 1985, refers to a concept invented by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation around that time: the application of copyright laws
Copyleft refers to a concept invented by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation around 1984 or 1985: the application of copyright laws

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The term comes from the phrase "Copyleft--all rights reversed," a double pun on the phrase "Copyright--all rights reserved."
The term "Copyleft" comes from the phrase "Copyleft--all rights reversed", which [Don Hopkins]? wrote in a message to Stallman in 1984 or 1985 and which is intended as a double pun on the phrase "Copyright--all rights reserved".
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