COPYLEFT
\kˈɒpɪlˌɛft], \kˈɒpɪlˌɛft], \k_ˈɒ_p_ɪ_l_ˌɛ_f_t]\
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/kop'ee-left/ (A play on "copyright") The copyrightnotice and General Public License applying to the works ofthe Free Software Foundation, granting reuse andreproduction rights to everyone.Typically copyrights take away freedoms; copyleft preservesthem. It is a legal instrument that requires those who passon a program to include the rights to use, modify, andredistribute the code; the code and the freedoms becomelegally inseparable.The copyleft used by the GNU Project combines a regularcopyright notice and the "GNU General Public License" (GPL).The GPL is a copying license which basically says that youhave the aforementioned freedoms. The license is included ineach GNU source code distribution and manual.See also General Public Virus.
By Denis Howe
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.