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by ensignavenger 598 days ago
Non-copyleft licenses can also qualify as Free Software under the FSF definition.
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This is a technicality. Non-copyleft licenses can qualify as Free Software because they can be easily relicensed into Free Software (as well as into proprietary software.)
They qualify as Free Software simply because they meet (though do not protect like copyleft) all 4 freedoms. The relicensing is more of a secondary point.