What's Copyleft?

“Where copyright protects society’s interests in invention and creativity by providing individual incentives through copyright control, copyleft protects social interests in knowledge creation by vesting copyright control in a large general community.” --“copyleft”, Encyclopaedia Britannica

All of my personal work is officially granted copyleft restrictions. My shared work, including art, code, zines, and writing is free to copy, distribute, edit, share, critique, repost, or reupload, with the only requirement being that my work and any works derived from mine must preserve the same copyleft permissions.

Basically, if you reuse or redistribute my work, you must allow others to do the same with my work or your modifications of it.

“Many consider the concept of copyleft to be a return to the earliest ideas of intellectual property, which treat ideas and their specific forms as a common heritage. Given that intellectual creations build on what has come before and shape what comes next, copyleft is seen as a bridging mechanism to encourage the growth of social knowledge and common good.” --“copyleft”, Encyclopaedia Britannica

Work that is not entirely my own, including collaborations and linked content, may be subject to stricter restrictions.

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For questions about the use of my work, or for help in finding more information about copyright/copyleft restrictions, please contact me. I encourage you to consider placing your work under Copyleft or other free license options!