Questions tagged [cc-by-sa]
For questions about the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) licenses.
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Can I license artwork that has a mixture of CC BY-SA, public domain, CC0, Pexels licensed images under CC BY-SA?
I have created some artwork that uses images mostly licensed under variations of CC BY-SA. There are also some public domain, CC0, and rarely images from Pexels/similar "free to use" sites. ...
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"Source" file and share alike license [duplicate]
There is a book in pdf that was created from an odt file. The book is licensed under the creative commons share alike license and I would like to modify it. Should the author provide me with the "...
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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.
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Sharealike for partial content
If I include content/data, modified or not, as part of a program, does the sharealike from cc-by-sa-3 apply to the entire program and source code? Can it be limited to just the content that was copied/...
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learning from GPL infects code
Does learning some advanced, non-trivial coding technique from exiting GPL code (or code with viral license in general) turn my own work into a derivative work?
Are there any widely accepted ...
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Can I use GPL v3 for source code and CC BY-SA v3 for comments?
I have some source code for which I am the copyright holder. I want to release it under the GPL, but when it was closed source, I copied a bunch of a stuff from Wikipedia for a couple of classes and ...
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Can I legally use content from a CC-BY-SA-licensed wiki in an MIT-licensed video game?
Specifically, I'm talking about the Backrooms Fandom Wiki. Most if not all of the textual content (creative writing) on it is licensed under CC-BY-SA. However, if I want to make a video game based on ...
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Can I use spacy model licenced under CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed and don't change the license of my code?
I want to use korean spacy model, but it's licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed, If I add this model to my binary file, will I have to license my code under CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed? (Important part of my program is ...
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Using CC BY SA video with my own copyrighted music
I am a music producer and am releasing an album shortly of which I own the copyright to the tracks (although some Master Recordings are signed to a record label in a commercial agreement).
I would ...
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Is there an official guideline from Creative Commons on how a CC-BY-SA 3.0 website could "upgrade" to CC-BY-SA 4.0?
It looks like Creative Commons only allows a relicensing from CC-BY-SA 3.0 to CC-BY-SA 4.0 for derivative works:
You may Distribute or Publicly Perform an Adaptation only under the terms of:
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How can I use programming documentation without infringing copyright?
I have a really hard time understanding how can I use copyrighted programming documentation, tutorials, articles, blogs, etc. presented as text or video, without infringing copyright?
I will explain ...
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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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Stack Exchange's CC-BY-SA and Patents
All contributions to the Stack Exchange Websites are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), either version 2.5, 3.0, or 4.0 depending on the post date. This ...
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does reformatting JSON count as 'transformation' for CC-SA?
I am working with a very large JSON dataset licensed CC-BY-SA. I only need parts of this dataset, and some of the JSON field names are not especially descriptive, so I am re-naming them.
The text of ...
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Can CC-BY-SA code be removed from a larger code base and not have the remaining code bear the CC-BY-SA license?
My understanding of the CC-BY-SA is that if you use a snippet of CC-BY-SA code in a larger project, not only must you reveal the source code of your entire project, but you must also brand the entire ...
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Is HTML-linked content still subject to the CC-BY-SA license?
If someone links to a Github or Gitlab repo in a Stackoverflow post, or a Github or Gitlab gist, is the contained content CC-BY-SA? Let's say I am the sole author of the code on Github/Gitlab?
For a ...
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Can I change the content license on my Stackoverflow/Stackexchange posts to something more permissive like MIT?
I was experimenting with Stackoverflow's API requests and I noticed this on my posts:
I've mentioned in previous posts that while I respect CC BY-SA 4.0's intentions, I don't like the copyleft ...
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Can I sever proprietary code from a codebase that was published containing CC BY-SA 4.0 code?
If I copied some code from Stackoverflow early on in the development process, forgot to take it out, and published the finished website containing the code from Stackoverflow, is my website no longer ...
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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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I need clarifications on what rights I'm granting by the CC BY-SA 4.0
It was recently brought to my attention that by posting anything to Stackoverflow, you irrevocably grant Stackoverflow a CC BY-SA 4.0 license to your posted content. I thought CC BY-SA 4.0 was ...
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If one uses an AI model licensed under CC-BY-SA in a program, must the program be licensed under CC-BY-SA?
If one uses an AI model licensed under CC-BY-SA (e.g., MPT-7B-Instruct) in a program, must the program by licensed under CC-BY-SA?
creativecommons.org mentions:
SA – Adaptations must be shared under ...
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If I use a CC-BY-SA artwork as part of my book cover art, do I need to share my entire book cover art under a similar license?
I'm confused about the share alike part of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license which states:
share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must ...
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Using CC BY-SA 4.0 data file for calculations on rest server used by closed source game
I'm making word game which is based on semantic similarity between words.
For that i need word vectors file. One of such file is available here, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0:
https://github.com/...
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Does CC BY-SA affect recordings of performances of songs?
If I write, and publish sheet music for, a hymn under CC BY-SA, and it is sung in a church, and the church records their services, does the recording have to be CC BY-SA? If so, can I avoid this while ...
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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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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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BY-SA 4.0 Bulk Compatible Other Licenses likes MIT, BSD3
On the CCL official website, it says BY-SA 4.0 is compatible with FAL and GPL 3.0 (one-way only).
Then, is it compatible with other licenses such as MIT and BSD licenses? Other license -> BY-SA 4.0 ...
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Licensing an application which uses both CC-BY-SA 3.0 and AGPLv3 content
I'm planning on releasing a web application which relies on two open source dictionaries. The first one is released under CC-BY-SA 3.0 (Wiktionary) and the second one is released under AGPLv3.
The ...
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Using code from Wikipedia
I found an algorithm and the corresponding implementation (code) on Wikipedia.
Can I use that code in commercial software? Or would this mean that I would introduce a viral license and would have to ...
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Dealing with forking a CC BY-SA 3.0 repo for modification
A project I'm part of is forking the documentation of the original project which is licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License).
We obviously want to pay ...
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How to give attribution for an adaptation in CC-BY-SA context?
Let's say I get Wiktionary data (e.g. only the list of words) and I label them into 50 categories (e.g. colors, adjectives, etc.) and publish them on website A.
Naturally, I need to provide ...
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CC-By-SA: Can the author update his past creation when updating his name?
I'm working at Pl@ntNet which contributes a lot of plant observations (around 20M) online under cc-by-sa.
On the app, a user can edit their profile and change their display name. But doing so will ...
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Can content licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 be redistributed under CC BY 4.0? If not, what are my options?
My situation is the following. I'm about to submit an article to a journal with the goal of having it published in that journal. The journal distributes its content under CC BY 4.0. While writing this ...
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Copyleft/share-alike non-attribution licenses?
Is there any existing license can a person can use to distribute a document that allows reuse, derivative works, and free distribution, under the condition of it being licensed under the same or a ...
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How to provide credit when modifying a design with a CC BY-SA license?
Background:
A few years ago, I've designed a low-cost scientific instrument and published all schematics, building instructions and necessary scripts in open source under the Creative Commons ...
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Using CC-BY-SA style file with a CC-BY template (to allow filled-in-templates to be private)
This is another try of my previous question. Still trying to find a license that will be open source, but protect the end documents (which are personal) from the templates (which are blank).
I have a ...
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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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Can I use a CC BY-SA 4.0 Picture in my CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Book?
With proper references and credits.
Edit: I am using couple of pictures, one as an e-book cover and the rest for decorating the head of various chapters. The pictures are insignificant for the ...
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Questions about CC BY-SA 3.0 text adaptaion and penalties for violations
I am plan to use big non-modified parts of text from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 3.0 in new text material also licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0: just copy paste it into new material. Than i want create a list ...
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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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Changing my own non-software project from GPLv3 to CC BY-SA
I have a growing project which is a platform for 3D printers. The project contains printable parts and bills of materials. I defaulted to releasing it under GPLv3 without much thinking but since it's ...
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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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Content mix under CC BY 2.0 and CC BY-SA 3.0. Which type of final license should I use?
I have a plan to use on my page content mix under different license sources: text materials from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 3.0, and some images from Flickr under CC BY 2.0 and most part of images from ...
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a problem with SIMILAR emojis to existing ones
it was some time ago but, yeah, my emojis (yes, emojis, not a joke, that's not even funny) ruined my github account (i just got flagged). for the now i was trying to use other platforms/solutions (...
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Using CC-BY-SA (v3 and v4) content in YouTube video
I am creating a YouTube video in which I would like to include some images that have CC-BY-SA (v3 and v4) licenses. I understand that my video would then be considered a derivative work and that I ...
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CC-BY-SA 3.0 and (A)GPLv3
I'd like to ask a more general question and then I'd like to ask a more detailed one based on my specific case.
Suppose that I'm writing a software I'm planning to release under the terms of the ...
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Can I use together React SPA under GPLv3 with materials from wikipedia under CC-SA 3.0?
I have a plan create non-commercial React SPA like a demo of my skills for own portfolio. Source code of my work will be available on GitHub under GPLv3. I want to use parts of text materials from ...
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Can a database include both ODbL and CC BY-SA works?
The CC BY-SA license is incompatible with the ODbL license.
The confusing thing about ODbL is that it seems to pertain to entire databases, rather than to individual works.
Is it possible then to have ...
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Company policy says no code under license requiring sharing source can be used. Stack Overflow is CC-BY-SA. Does this mean we can't use SO at work?
Training at work regarding software licensing instructed us that we should not use code from any project using a license that requires sharing modifications such as the GPL. We can use Linux as an OS ...
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