Definitions For Copyleft

Verb

copylefts , copylefting , copylefted To license under a copyleft license. : Linus Torvalds copylefted the Linux kernel.

Noun

COPYLEFT (plural - or s) 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

copyleftist copyleft symbol

Translations

French: gauche d'auteur, f, copyleft, m Russian: копилефт, {{qualifier, rare}} авторское ле́во Vietnamese: phi bản quyền

See also

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Etymology

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