Copyleft

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
a public domain document of hacker jargon.

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copyleft
/kop´ee·left/
Usage: n.
Derivation: Play on copyright

See Also: General Public Virus


copyleft: /kop´ee·left/ n.

[play on copyright]

  1. The copyright notice (`General Public License') carried by GNU EMACS and other Free Software Foundation software, granting reuse and reproduction rights to all comers (but see also General Public Virus).
  2. By extension, any copyright notice intended to achieve similar aims.
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Sources

Source: copyleft, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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