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CC BY-SA 2.5 License marked as denied license in the FOSSA tool after upgrading to React Native 0.74 version
We have an existing React Native project that was upgraded from 0.71.0 to 0.74.0 latest version.
We are us a tool FOSSA to scan the license-related issues in the NPM libraries used in the project.
We ...
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Does the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 license make it mandatory to share derived work?
Let's say that I'm using art works protected by the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 license. I then modify the art works so that they fit my personal requirements and include them in a commercial ...
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If a CC BY-SA V4.0 dictionary is used to look up meanings of words, is the resulting translation a derivative work?
This is a follow-up question to my previous one. I'm considering writing a manual translation software, where the end user will be writing the entire translation themselves, but the software could ...
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If I create software that can leverage a CC BY-SA data set, do I have to license the software under the same license?
I'm writing a translation assist & dictionary-like software to assist in translating Japanese to English. To help with this, dictionary datasets in XML format by Electronic Dictionary Research and ...
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CC BY-NC-SA "ShareAlike" (source vs binaries)
If I use and adapt a part from the source code of an open-source (Java) project Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA (3.0) into my project :
I know the "ShareAlike" requirement means I'll have to ...
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Do I have to open source my app if I use unmodified API data licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0
I'm working on a little Quiz App. To get questions I use Open Trivia DB
All data provided by the API is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
I have ...
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Can I use documentation licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 in an application?
There is a very complex API endpoint with a documentation licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Due to its complexity, I am considering developing a commercial visual drag & drop editor (single-page web ...
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Copyleft for screenplay that forces film to be free
Consider I wrote a screenplay or book and I want if someone make a film from it, share it with same license that I used (Or another free license that keeps this constraint).
Is CC BY-SA okay? Or is ...
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Appropriate copyleft license for translation files
I'm using a GPL license (with an AppStore exception) for my app and CC BY-SA for the images used in the app, as I know the GPL isn't appropriate for artwork.
However, I'm wondering what I should ...
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Using CC-BY-SA 3.0 data in commercial web application
There is a study published as a PDF under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0.
Can I create a commercial (proprietary) web application that uses data from the study and makes computations as ...
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What is the correct way to receive and give attribution to CC BY-SA asset contributions on a project managed with git?
The Creative Commons website gives this example for giving attribution to an image that was found on a website. For this project, contributors who wish to contribute assets would be sending the assets ...
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How do Wikipedia licenses, CC-BY-SA and GFDL differ?
Wikipedia licenses most of their text and images under two licenses, CC-BY-SA and GFDL. We can choose either of the licenses while using the work.
I know both of them are copyleft licenses and ...
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Will adding a BY-SA image to a blog post make the entire post BY-SA?
I tried to read the license deed but it was too advanced for me to understand.
Consider these 2 situations,
I take a CC-BY-SA image and upload it to my blogpost it as is, without any modification.
I ...
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How could I copyleft a document that contains a substantial amount of both code and prose?
I am writing a document in LaTeX that contains large sections of Python code and output. Typically, I like to license my writing under CC BY-SA 4.0 and my code under GPLv3. I have already placed a CC ...
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can I use CC BY-SA 3.0 media (pictures) in a software partly licensed under a non-derivative license?
I am working on software that contains graphics I didn't make, that are licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Since the software contains other parts I didn't make, I want to put it under two different ...
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Can I use source code licensed under CC-BY-SA for commercial closed source project?
I want to use some source code under CC-BY-SA for my company's project.
That project is commercial and closed source code.
I want our project not to have obligation to release the source code.
Is this ...
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Protection from 'this version or later' in CC BY-SA
I was wondering about the meaning of this term in CC BY-SA 4.0 (and others), with this context:
In addition to the conditions in Section 3(a), if You Share Adapted Material You produce, the ...
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Can I use a CC-BY-SA licensed image as part of my online course's cover (commercial use)?
I'm creating online course about coding with the Express JavaScript framework, whose site and logo are licensed under the CC-BY-SA license.
Since my course is about Express, I want to use Express's ...
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Can CC BY 4.0 content be adapted into a CC BY-SA 3.0 work?
If an original work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0), can an adapted work (i.e. derivative work) be made from it and published under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC ...
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Can I take over the Stack Exchange review system in an Apache 2.0 licensed web service?
The Stack Exchange review system for post creation, editing and removal is quite sophisticated and somehow steered by discussion on meta networks (Stack Exchange and others) which are "user ...
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Why is CC BY-SA discouraged for code?
Everybody knows that you shouldn't use a CC BY-SA license on your code. Even the Creative Commons folk recommend against it. What I don't know or understand is why. I can't seem to find any ...
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How do I stop republication under a different license?
Suppose I am finishing an open source software. I am about to publish it but I just have to choose the license. I want it to be a CC-BY license but I don't want anyone to republish it under ANY other ...
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The Stack Exchange licence: Can I post open source code here?
Stack Exchange applies CC-BY-SA to all posts. How does this interact with free or open source licences? If someone wants to ask a question about a piece of open source software can they post code ...
