This tends to accompany another misunderstanding that "free software" means "GPL-covered software."

这常常与对“自由软件”就是“附带了GPL的软件”这种误解一起发生。

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Since these projects were going to have multiple releases of software, the initial design phase covered overall design for the software.

因为这些项目将会有多个软件发布版本，所以初始的设计阶段包括了软件的整体设计。

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The copyleft also requires that any re-distributed software be covered by the same license.

copyleft还要求同一许可证涵盖任何被再分发的软件。

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Any software covered by the license must be shared, even when changed or added to.

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What is less widely known is that the range of processes covered by standard software is modest.

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And software is already covered under copyright law, which offers extensive legal protections against wholesale copying.

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