copyleft
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English
Etymology
A pun on copyright, which refers to using copyright laws for purposes that are in some ways contrary to copyright's original intent.
Noun
copyleft (usually uncountable, plural copylefts)
- The philosophy of using copyrights to enforce freedom of information, especially software source code.
- They believe in copyleft because they want their software to be used freely by anyone.
- A software license that follows this philosophy.
- I have placed my program under copyleft.
- The GNU General Public License is a copyleft licence.
Derived terms
Translations
philosophy
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See also
Verb
copyleft (third-person singular simple present copylefts, present participle copylefting, simple past and past participle copylefted)
- (transitive) To license under a copyleft license.
- Linus Torvalds copylefted the Linux kernel.
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from English copyleft.
Pronunciation
Noun
copyleft inan
- copyleft
- 2011 June 12, Alberto Pradilla, “Heterodoxia kanpin-denden barnean”, in Argia, number 2280:
- Asanbladetan eta komisioetan denetarik hitz egiten da: animalien eskubideetatik copylefteraino.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of copyleft (inanimate, ending in consonant)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | copyleft | copyleft-a | copyleft-ak |
| ergative | copyleft-ek | copyleft-ak | copyleft-ek |
| dative | copyleft-i | copyleft-ari | copyleft-ei |
| genitive | copyleft-en | copyleft-aren | copyleft-en |
| comitative | copyleft-ekin | copyleft-arekin | copyleft-ekin |
| causative | copyleft-engatik | copyleft-arengatik | copyleft-engatik |
| benefactive | copyleft-entzat | copyleft-arentzat | copyleft-entzat |
| instrumental | copyleft-ez | copyleft-az | copyleft-ez |
| inessive | copyleft-etan | copyleft-ean | copyleft-etan |
| locative | copyleft-etako | copyleft-eko | copyleft-etako |
| allative | copyleft-etara | copyleft-era | copyleft-etara |
| terminative | copyleft-etaraino | copyleft-eraino | copyleft-etaraino |
| directive | copyleft-etarantz | copyleft-erantz | copyleft-etarantz |
| destinative | copyleft-etarako | copyleft-erako | copyleft-etarako |
| ablative | copyleft-etatik | copyleft-etik | copyleft-etatik |
| partitive | copyleft-ik | — | — |
| prolative | copyleft-tzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “copyleft”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English copyleft.
Pronunciation
Noun
copyleft m (plural copylefts)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.