copyleft
See also: Copyleft
English
editEtymology
editPun on copyright, which refers to using copyright laws for purposes that are in some ways contrary to copyright's original intent.
Noun
editcopyleft (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
editTranslations
editphilosophy
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See also
editVerb
editcopyleft (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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English copyleft.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcopyleft 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
editDeclension of copyleft (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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
edit- “copyleft”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
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