My view of copyleft and thoughts about copyleft-next

[zefr0x at tuta.io]

Jul 11, 2025, 19:07 by wolftune at riseup.net:

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>  In my view, the overall issue of software-freedom and copyleft can      be summarized as: No entity reserves practical or legal exclusive      power.
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> Real software freedom means that while I might be less capable of      updating a program compared to an experienced coder who already      knows the software, they have provided me everything feasible that      they have access to in doing such updating.
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> There's no code or      tools or legal rights that they have that I don't.
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"Not reserving practical or legal exclusive power" looks like a very broad definition to me, it might include everything like hardware and human resources, not just knowledge.

What about this: No entity reserves practical or legal exclusive power on knowledge?
With software as a type of knowledge including its code and design etc.