Thor A. Hopland<p><a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Copyleft</span></a> means "power to the user". That is certain expectations are <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/legally" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>legally</span></a> expected of companies and organizations that partake in the code, and those expectations are levied in the users interests.</p><p>That is you are expected to contribute back improvements and not put them behind a paywall. This makes <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>copyleft</span></a> is anti <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/freemium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freemium</span></a> by default.</p><p>There are plenty of companies that try to slip one by, but in the fundamental software that's in all of our computers? That's historically a bad idea.</p>