English Explanatory Dictionary

copyleft

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The philosophy of using copyrights to enforce freedom of information, especially software source code.
  2. A software license that follows this philosophy.
verb
  1. To license under a copyleft license.

Word forms

copyleft copylefts copylefting copylefted

Etymology

A pun on copyright, which refers to using copyright laws for purposes that are in some ways contrary to copyright's original intent.

Related words

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Derived words

copyleftist copyleft symbol strong copyleft weak copyleft

Translations

Basque: copyleft French: gauche d'auteur French: copyleft German: Copyleft Indonesian: hak tiru Russian: копилефт Russian: авторское ле́во Spanish: copyleft Vietnamese: bản quyền ngược
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