copyleft

== English == === Etymology === A 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) The philosophy of using copyrights to enforce freedom of information, especially software source code. A software license that follows this philosophy. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === copyleft (third-person singular simple present copylefts, present participle copylefting, simple past and past participle copylefted) (transitive) To license under a copyleft license. === See also === 🄯 == Basque == === Etymology === Borrowed from English copyleft. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kopileft/ [ko.pi.left̪] Rhymes: -ileft, -eft Hyphenation: co‧py‧left === Noun === copyleft inan copyleft ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “copyleft”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English copyleft. === Pronunciation === === Noun === copyleft m (plural copylefts) copyleft === Further reading === “copyleft”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English copyleft. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kopiˈleft/ [ko.piˈleft̪] Rhymes: -eft Syllabification: co‧py‧left === Noun === copyleft m (plural copylefts) copyleft ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.