Context: Some copyright owners voluntarily reduce the scope of what is considered infringement by employing relatively permissive, "open" licensing strategies: rather than privately negotiating license terms with individual users who must first seek out the copyright owner and ask for permission, the copyright owner publishes and distributes the work with a prepared license that anyone can use, as long as they adhere to certain conditions. This has the effect of reducing infringement – and the burden on courts – by simply permitting certain types of uses under terms that the copyright owner considers reasonable. Examples include free software licenses, like the GNU General Public License (GPL), and the Creative Commons licenses, which are predominantly applied to visual and literary works.

Question: What do some copyright owners do by reducing the scope of infringement?
Answer: employing relatively permissive, "open" licensing

Question: What must a user do under a prepared license?
Answer: adhere to certain conditions

Question: Besides lessening the burden on the courts, what is the effect of this license?
Answer: reducing infringement

Question: What is an example of a free software license?
Answer: GNU General Public License

Question: What works do Creative Commons licenses generally apply to?
Answer: visual and literary works

Question: What do some copyright owners do by increasing the scope of infringement?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What mustn't a user do under a prepared license?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Besides heightening the burden on the courts, what is the effect of this license?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is an example of a paid software license?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What works do Creative Commons licenses generally not apply to?
Answer: Unanswerable