copyleft
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copyleft
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A pun on copyright, which refers to using copyright laws for purposes that are in some ways contrary to copyright's original intent.
noun 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.
verb copylefts · copylefting · copylefted
- To license under a copyleft license. Linus Torvalds copylefted the Linux kernel.
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noun philosophy
| Español | copyleft |
|---|---|
| Français | gauche d'auteur, copyleft |
| Deutsch | Copyleft |
| Русский | копилефт kopileft, авторское ле́во avtorskoje lévo |
| Tiếng Việt | bản quyền ngược |
Talk about this word "copyleft." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/copyleft. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. copyleft. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/copyleft "copyleft." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/copyleft.Cite this
@misc{copyleft_2026,
title = {copyleft},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/copyleft},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
