Copyleft Licenses for Repositioning the Frontiers of Open Access Environment: An Evaluation
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2017-08
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
Management of ever growing information explosion has caused the paradigm shift from Closed
Access to Open Access (OA) which in turn is contributing to the extended facets of access policy. The
realization of need of OA to information has been robust than ever before. The intention of OA is
suppressed with existing copyright policies which have given rise to ‘copyleft’ that evolved as a part
of OA movement. With the emergence of copyleft concept, efforts are being made to finding ways to
break traditional copyright lock for the effective and free diffusion of information. The present paper
discusses the features and importance of copyleft. The study gives an account of Creative Commons
Share-Alike (CC SA) and GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) that are parallel to copyleft and
gives a brief comparison. The study also aims to indicate the shortcomings of these licenses and
recommends factors for improvisation. A description of libraries dealing with OA movement is given
at the extended part of the paper
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Copyleft, Copyright, Creative Commons (CC) License, GFDL (GNU Free DocumentationLicense), Open Access