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+With the rise of information technology,
+non-physical creations are being shared more widely than ever before.
+These works are shared under various different normative guiding principles,
+but among them,
+the four freedoms defining free software promise universal guiding principles
+for sharing with the greatest degree of freedom to use, modify,
+distribute and improve software.
+Copyleft is an additional principle that ensures works derived
+from free software to also uphold the four freedoms.
+
+This project investigates the meta-ethical and normative implications
+of different formulations of the principle of copyleft.
+The report begins by first laying out the central theories of normative ethics --
+deontology, consequentialism and contractualism.
+Then, through systematic ethical analysis,
+the moral defensibility of the copyleft principle is derived
+based on each of the three normative theories.
+After extrapolating relevant necessary commitments and principles
+from the results of the analysis,
+the method of reflective equilibrium is applied to adjust
+commitments and principles to arrive at a morally defensible position
+of copyleft within each of the three normative theories.
+
+The contractualist approach used a particularly strong formulation
+of the copyleft principle during analysis,
+but this was adjusted into a more moderate but still strong position
+that the four freedoms should be made the moral default when sharing software.
+The deontological analysis proved fruitful,
+as the reflective equilibrium did not bring change to the principle.
+The consequentialist approach was initially compatible with the principle of copyleft,
+except for cases, in a utilitarian measure,
+where the four freedoms might affect the ability for society
+to improve it's standard of living more than otherwise.
+
+The project concludes that all of the normative theories
+can be made compatible with some formulation of the principle of copyleft.
 
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 Open Source is a popular praxis for sharing creative resources.