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by keawade 1803 days ago
A sticky license includes a clause stipulating that while you can modify the code and share your modifications, any modifications must also be shared under that same license. This is usually referred to as a “share alike” clause. GPL is an example of a license like this.
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Isn’t that called ‘copyleft’? I’m not sure ‘sticky’ is a common term.
Certainly not a term I've heard used to refer to licenses but it sounds less political than copyleft and I found it immediately understandable.