copyleft
See also: Copyleft
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
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.
See also
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from English copyleft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kopileft/ [ko.pi.left̪]
- Rhymes: -ileft, -eft
- Hyphenation: co‧py‧left
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
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | copyleft | copylefta | copyleftak | copyleftok |
| ergative | copyleftek | copyleftak | copyleftek | copyleftok |
| dative | copylefti | copyleftari | copyleftei | copyleftoi |
| genitive | copyleften | copyleftaren | copyleften | copylefton |
| comitative | copyleftekin | copyleftarekin | copyleftekin | copyleftokin |
| causative | copyleftengatik | copyleftarengatik | copyleftengatik | copyleftongatik |
| benefactive | copyleftentzat | copyleftarentzat | copyleftentzat | copyleftontzat |
| instrumental | copyleftez | copyleftaz | copyleftez | copyleftotaz |
| innesive | copyleftetan | copyleftean | copyleftetan | copyleftotan |
| locative | copyleftetako | copylefteko | copyleftetako | copyleftotako |
| allative | copyleftetara | copyleftera | copyleftetara | copyleftotara |
| terminative | copyleftetaraino | copylefteraino | copyleftetaraino | copyleftotaraino |
| directive | copyleftetarantz | copylefterantz | copyleftetarantz | copyleftotarantz |
| destinative | copyleftetarako | copylefterako | copyleftetarako | copyleftotarako |
| ablative | copyleftetatik | copyleftetik | copyleftetatik | copyleftotatik |
| partitive | copyleftik | — | — | — |
| prolative | copylefttzat | — | — | — |
1. Optionally, case suffixes can be separated from the root with a hyphen.
Further reading
- “copyleft”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English copyleft.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.piˈlɛft͡ʃ/, /ˌkɔ.piˈlɛ.fi.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.piˈlɛft͡ʃ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.piˈlɛft/
Noun
copyleft m (plural copylefts)
Further reading
- “copyleft”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English copyleft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kopiˈleft/ [ko.piˈleft̪]
- Rhymes: -eft
- Syllabification: co‧py‧left
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.