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@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ copyleft.org is a collaborative project to create and disseminate useful
 information, tutorial material, and new policy ideas regarding all forms of
 copyleft licensing.
 
+This site itself is licensed under a copyleft license, and has received
+contributions from experts around the world.  Thus, copyleft.org is the
+premier "meta-project" of copyleft: it's useful copylefted information all
+about copyleft itself!
+
 ### The Copyleft Guide and Tutorial
 
 The primary project currently on this site is a tutorial book entitled