Copyleft: Difference between revisions
(almost always associated with the free software movement, though sometimes "nature's copyleft" in natural genomes gets discussed in meetings) |
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[[File:Copyleft.svg|thumb|right|200px|Copyleft symbol used under copyleft. Click on [[:File:Copyleft.svg|file description]] for attribution page that is mirrored from the [[Wikimedia Commons]]]] | |||
'''Copyleft''' is a [[license|licensing]] style where much of that which is or can be protected under [[copyright]] is given to the users, hence the term in Finnish is fi."käyttäjänoikeus" == en."user's right". | |||
It was first popular in [[free software]] but has since expanded to include various other types of works of art or utility, most known of which is of course the [[Wikipedia]]. | |||
Revision as of 13:02, 10 September 2016
Copyleft symbol used under copyleft. Click on file description for attribution page that is mirrored from the Wikimedia Commons
Copyleft is a licensing style where much of that which is or can be protected under copyright is given to the users, hence the term in Finnish is fi."käyttäjänoikeus" == en."user's right".
It was first popular in free software but has since expanded to include various other types of works of art or utility, most known of which is of course the Wikipedia.