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Is it common to licence blog posts under Creative Commons?
I plan on writing a personal blog, which will be mostly about software development topics. It's going to be implemented as a Github Pages blog on my own custom domain.
I am debating whether I should ...
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Choosing a license for a repository of programming course material (LaTeX slides + examples code)
With some colleagues, we have been developing a programming university course over some years, and now we want to make it available to the public as open-source, in the form of a GitLab repository.
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How to license a literate program?
A literate program is a set of of source files each containing a mix of documentation (e.g. as Latex 'code') and code (e.g. as C++ code -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming). From ...
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Is CC-BY-SA-4.0 appropriate for this use case?
The use case is for an image I made from scratch using gimp, I was thinking about using CC-BY-SA-4.0 but I am not sure if it is the right license for this. The image you print out, cut and then you ...
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What should be taken into account when licensing software that generate video?
For the context, I am involved in Manim Community which develop Manim (originally published by Grant Sanderson), a Python library for creating explanatory math videos. Users of the library write ...
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Would a YouTuber fall in trouble for recording a walkthough of a Game that uses music licensed under CC BY 3.0?
I'm basically developing a Game with a background music licensed under the CC BY 3.0 along with couple of other music/sound effects.
Now suppose a YouTuber/Gamer in future decides to publish a walk-...
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Does CC BY-SA 4.0 license apply to statistical analysis based on code blocks in CC BY-SA 4.0 licensed document?
I am planning on writing a science text under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. The text will contain code blocks for commonly preformed analysis from the relevant field of study. Additionally, it will use ...
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Attempting to understand CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 followup
As a followup to my earlier question, I'm having trouble understanding the section about derivatives.
From About The Licenses concerning CC BY-NC-ND:
This license is the most restrictive of our six ...
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Attempting to understand CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
I was wondering if I could get clarification on the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.
Suppose if I uploaded to my Github repository a .pdf of a technical book I've written and want to share. According to CC BY-...
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Can I create a translation for a project under a Creative Commons non-commercial non-derivative?
I am writing a book on Github (Learn-Vim) under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial Non-Derivative 4.0 License. If you're wondering why I selected this particular license, the main reason is because ...
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Choose or write a proper license [duplicate]
Is there a proper license (I have already checked MIT, LGPL, CC licenses),
which fits the following needs (conditions), or it has to be specify some way?
BY (from CC): Attribution needed
SA (from CC):...
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How to require anyone who modifies a work with intent to distribute REMOVE references to the originator?
I'm on an organization's Bylaws Committee and am using a (currently private) GitHub repository to track our proposed changes/amendments. Once the committee's work is complete, the intent is to make ...
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Seeking Creative-Commons-like license with addition(s) to request or require modifications be contributed back to source [duplicate]
Do any licenses exist that might serve the purposes below? If not, what licenses might be similarly useful?
Initial license goals
"Drive updates back to the source." My team seeks Creative-Commons-...
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What is a good license for a software project template?
I am looking for a suitable license for a current software project. The project is special as it is rather a template, its primary goal is to provide a solid basis for scientific software. Therefore, ...
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Creative Commons ShareAlike (CC SA 1.0) is retired and not recommended for use, but there's not a suitable active alternative. Should I not use it?
I have some graphic design creations that I want to allow others to modify if they wish to, as long as their remixed versions have the same permissions.
Creative Commons ShareAlike (CC SA 1.0) ...
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My university is asking to choose between BY-SA and GFDL to release my work
An infographic I designed is to be uploaded to my university website. They have asked me to choose between the BY-SA and GFDL to release my work.
I tried looking up the difference but I cannot find ...
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What would be a good licence for computable data models?
What would be a good license for computable data models? Technically they're source code, but they're always constrained and transformed to other artifacts before being used in actual software. At the ...
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Combining software and image licensing in the same repository
I have a project under Apache license on GitHub. I want to add some non-text stuff into repository (logo).
Can I use Apache license for an image?
If not, what CC license is most 'aligned' with Apache ...
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OSI approved License similar to CC BY-SA 4.0
What's the most recommended OSI approved license (here's the list) closest to our current license is Creative Commonns Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International?
Also, why aren't the Creative Commons ...
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What license to use and how to handle copyright disclaimer?
I'm currently building a website for a small, local soccer club. I'm building it, based on a template of html5up.net/. As far as I know, their only requirement for doing so is that I give them credit. ...
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Choosing a License for a Tutorial Site
I apologize in advance for what is probably a dumb question, but I'm trying to do this the right way from the beginning.
I'm putting together a coding tutorial site, and my main question boils down ...
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How to require a "pingback" when my CC-licensed material is used?
I have a graduation project based on an open source system. As my university is more leaned towards the market instead of the academia, I wanted to know who else (if ever) is going to take my project ...
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