copyleft
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Pun on copyright
[edit] Adjective
copyleft (not comparable)
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- (Of a license allowing use of a copyrighted work) Allowing use, distribution, and modification on the condition that any redistributions or modifications also be licensed under the same condition and, in the case of computer software, are accompanied by source code
- The GNU General Public License is a copyleft licence.
[edit] Noun
copyleft
- A copyleft license.
- The act of licensing under a copyleft license.
- I have placed my program under copyleft.
[edit] Translations
- Vietnamese: phi bản quyền
- Portuguese: cópia liberada, cópia condicionada
[edit] Verb
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to copyleft (third-person singular simple present copylefts, present participle copylefting, simple past and past participle copylefted)
- To license under a copyleft license.
- Linus Torvalds copylefted the Linux kernel.