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Re:Openrsync imported into the tree by meruru on Monday February 11, 2019 @07:53PM (#19140042)
Using "less free" or "more free" in this context just leads to pointless semantic debates. What happened is that someone made a clean-room implementation of a copyleft program in order to have it available under a copyfree license. Both licenses are Free.

http://copyfree.org/policy/copyleft

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Re:Openrsync imported into the tree by TeMPOraL on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @02:46AM (#19141780)
First time I see this, thanks. The website isn't explicit about this point, but from what I gather, "copyfree" isn't viral in the way GPL is. It seems to provide "Free as in Freedom", but unlike GPL, doesn't protect that freedom from being immediately taken away.
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