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copyfree

copyfree adjective: having a very permissive copyright license, or (strictly) one which follows the Copyfree Standard.

Adjective

copyfree (comparative more copyfree, superlative most copyfree)

  1. Having a very permissive copyright license, or (strictly) one which follows the Copyfree Standard.
    • This book is copyfree for personal use. Any other usage (i.e.: commercial, education etc.) must be authorized by the Author.2006, Alessia Ambrosini, A Journey Back in Time, Monti & Ambrosini, →ISBN, page 3
    • The Free Universal Construction Kit. Copyfree and in the Public Domain; 2007-2012 by F.A.T..2015 March 23, Jonathon Keats, “MoMA Envisions A Future In Which Designers Become Political Philosophers”, in Forbes, Image caption, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021

Examples of copyfree in a sentence

  • Among the best-known permissive licenses are the copyfree licenses.2016, Giuseppe Di Cataldo, Stack Frames, Apress, →ISBN, page 14:
  • The performance of the distributed matrix transpose required in the pseudo-spectral convolutions has been improved by adopting a copyfree algorithm which relies on MPI derived datatypes.2017, High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering '16, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 393:

Forms of copyfree

comparativemore copyfree
superlativemost copyfree

Origin of copyfree

Blend of copyright + free.

Questions about copyfree

What does copyfree mean?
Copyfree means having a very permissive copyright license, or (strictly) one which follows the Copyfree Standard.
How do you use copyfree in a sentence?
Among the best-known permissive licenses are the copyfree licenses.
What part of speech is copyfree?
Copyfree is an adjective.

Words near copyfree in the dictionary

  1. copyfighters
  2. copyfighting
  3. copyfights
  4. copyfought
  5. copyfraud
  6. copyfree
  7. copygirl
  8. copygirls
  9. copygraph
  10. copygraphed
  11. copygraphs

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