2. Verb. To license under a copyleft license. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Copyleft
1. a license that allows use of copyrighted software free [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copyleft
Literary usage of Copyleft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rise of Open Source Licensing: A Challenge to the Use of Intellectual by Mikko Välimäki (2005)
"Such licenses are commonly called as copyleft. If the source code is developed
further, the licenses terms can't be changed or the source code closed. ..."
2. Deptford.TV Diaries by , deptford.tv (2006)
"Like the Open Source/ Free Software movements share the source code of their
programs under a copyleft license, collective film-making web interfaces share ..."
3. Software, Growth, and the Future of the U.S. Economy: Report of a Symposium by Dale Weldeau Jorgenson, Charles W. Wessner (2006)
"Perhaps the most notorious is the GNU public license, which has a
provision, "copyleft," requiring those who modify and distribute open-source software ..."
4. CyberRisk '96 Proceedings: Tools for Reducing Risk and Building Ethical by National Computer Security Association (1998)
"... software licensing. gnu.misc.discuss: Discussions in this group frequently
include issues of software patents, copyright, and "copyleft. ..."
5. Newtonian Physics by Benjamin Crowell (2003)
"... all the illustrations in this book are under my own copyright, and are copyleft
licensed under the same license as the rest of the book. ..."
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