Hi folks,

Has anyone come across "GNU Copyleft?"  I've been told that "it is the
genesis of the entire Open Source movement in software development."  Is
anyone aware of a trend towards making all source code freely available
(so that it, and all derivatives, must also be freely available)?

This concept is related, in some way, to LINUX, which is a
unix-compatible, freely-available operating system, and can be used for
software development.  LINUX has been proposed for use on a DOE project,
but I cannot
say at this time whether all LINUX project results  fall under
'CopyLeft'
or not.

It seems to me that if this concept was being used in academic
environments, we'd have heard of it by now and perhaps raised a stink.
Of course, my concern is that, not only would we be obligated to put
deliverables in the public domain, but the concept is contrary to the IP
rights clauses of some of our research agreements.

Thanks,
Matt