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 - The `LICENSE`, `LICENSE.md`, or `LICENSE.txt` file is often used in a repository to indicate how the contents of the repo may be used by others.
-- People who incorporate General Public License (GPL'd) software into their own software must make their software also open under the GPL license; most other open licenses do not require this.
+- People who incorporate General Public License (GPL'd) software into their own software must make the derived software also open under the GPL license if they decide to share it; most other open licenses do not require this.
 - The Creative Commons family of licenses allow people to mix and match requirements and restrictions on attribution, creation of derivative works, further sharing, and commercialization.
 - People who are not lawyers should not try to write licenses from scratch.