copyleft

See also: Copyleft

English

Etymology

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)

  1. 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.
  2. A software license that follows this philosophy.
    I have placed my program under copyleft.
    The GNU General Public License is a copyleft licence.

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Verb

copyleft (third-person singular simple present copylefts, present participle copylefting, simple past and past participle copylefted)

  1. To license under a copyleft license.
    Linus Torvalds copylefted the Linux kernel.

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from English copyleft.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kopileft/ [ko.pi.left̪]
  • Rhymes: -ileft
  • Hyphenation: co‧py‧left

Noun

copyleft inan

  1. 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
Declension of copyleft (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
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
  • "copyleft" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
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