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permissiveness

permissiveness

6.5
How much a license lets people copy, change, and share software or files
  • noun
  • /pərˈmɪsɪvnəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : permisividad
  • Many users appreciate the permissiveness of the terms, which allow for unrestricted use and redistribution.

Examples

  • The permissiveness of this legal agreement facilitates easier collaboration between different teams on the project.

  • The Fourth, 48th, Ninth, 49th, and Tenth Circuits have held that firearms are per se dangerous for purposes of the second Terry prong, regardless of the permissiveness of a state's gun laws.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The literature provides evidence that education and awareness programs may have a significant impact on LTC staff permissiveness and attitudes toward the LGBTQ elder population (Bauer et al., 2013; Hinrichs & Vacha-Haase, 2010; Jackson et al., 2008; Stein et al., 2010).

    Academic text (2015)

  • The permissiveness of the new software license encourages developers to modify and share the program freely.

Synonyms

permissibility
vspermissiveness
  • Formal
1 6.8

How much the law or rules allow something

applies to licensing terms, showing how open redistribution and modification are
liberality
vspermissiveness
1 7.0

Being ready to give money, help or time to other people

concerns how open licensing terms allow redistribution and modification rather than personal giving

Antonyms

closed
16 1.3

Not open to the public and limited to certain people

restrictiveness
1 7.3

Limiting what people can do

How Permissive

freedom
∞ 1.0
openness
5 2.9
permissiveness
  • Specialized
6.5

Surface Forms

permissiveness singular
permissivenesses plural

Morphology

permissiveness = permissive (transparent) = permit + ness

The sense refers to how much a license 'permits' actions; the noun is the predictable nominalization of 'permissive'.

Etymology

Permissiveness comes from the verb permit, which means 'to allow'. In licensing and software, permissiveness describes how much a license lets people use, change, and share a work.