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to copyleft

to copyleft

8.1
To give a work a license that lets others use, change, and share it with the same rights
  • verb
  • /ˈkoʊpɪlɛft/
  • Specialized
translation icon : licenciar bajo copyleft
  • Many developers choose to copyleft their software to encourage collaboration and innovation among users.

Examples

  • The author decided to copyleft her book.

  • The developer chose to copyleft her new software so the community could improve it.

  • Many artists now copyleft their work to encourage collaboration and sharing.

  • He decided to copyleft his book, making it available for anyone to adapt or distribute.

  • I will copyleft my project.

  • By deciding to copyleft his artwork, he ensured that anyone could share and modify it freely.

  • When you copyleft a project, you give others the freedom to adapt and distribute it under the same terms.

Antonyms

to restrict
361 3.1

Limit how much people can use or access something

Surface Forms

copyleft infinitive
copylefted past
copylefted past participle
copylefting present participle
copylefts third person singular

Etymology

Copyleft is formed from copy + left, showing the idea of sharing rather than control in copyright. So, to copyleft a work is to give it a rule or license that lets others copy and change it while keeping the same free terms.