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Revision 3 . . December 7, 2001 3:13 am by Lee Daniel Crocker
Revision 2 . . December 7, 2001 1:58 am by AxelBoldt [Origins of "Copyleft"]
Revision 1 . . December 6, 2001 10:44 pm by (logged).191.188.xxx [on origin of term "copyleft"]
  

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Both of those attributions are wrong. "Shareware" predates Wallace as well--I know that I personally saw the term applied to, for example, things like ARC (the original pre-Phil Katz version) long before Wallace's PCWrite. Both should, however, be credited with refining and popularizing the terms. --LDC

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It was coined by Don Hopkins without question, then popularized by Stallman. Stallman says so himself on his website. --AxelBoldt
It was coined by Don Hopkins without question, then popularized by Stallman. Stallman says so himself on his website. --AxelBoldt

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