A fluorine-containing copolymer includes: a repeating unit represented by General Formula (I) and a repeating unit represented by General Formula (II), a composition containing the fluorine-containing copolymer, an optical film having a layer formed of the composition, a hardcoat film, a polarizing plate, and a touch panel display, and a method for producing a fluorine-containing copolymer.

##STR00001##

R.sup.1, R.sup.10, and R.sup.3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in which at least one carbon atom has a fluorine atom as a substituent, and L represents a divalent linking group constituted of at least one group selected from the group consisting of O, (CO)O, O(CO), divalent chain-like groups, and divalent aliphatic cyclic groups.

A fluorine-containing copolymer includes: a repeating unit represented by General Formula (I) and a repeating unit represented by General Formula (II), a composition containing the fluorine-containing copolymer, an optical film having a layer formed of the composition, a hardcoat film, a polarizing plate, and a touch panel display, and a method for producing a fluorine-containing copolymer.

##STR00001##

R.sup.1, R.sup.10, and R.sup.3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in which at least one carbon atom has a fluorine atom as a substituent, and L represents a divalent linking group constituted of at least one group selected from the group consisting of O, (CO)O, O(CO), divalent chain-like groups, and divalent aliphatic cyclic groups.