Questions tagged [creative-commons]
For questions about the Creative Commons licenses and the organization behind them. There are many Creative Commons licenses, so if you are asking a question about a specific license be sure to state which one.
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Does programmatically looping a song in a game qualify as a derivative work?
If I want to put a song licensed under a Creative Commons license that does not allow derivatives (such as CC BY-NC-ND 3.0), am I allowed to programmatically loop (or apply effects) to the song when ...
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In a Wikipedia article am I able to insert information licensed with CC BY even though they use a CC BY-SA license?
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While writing an article on Wikipedia I needed to include text that is licensed under a CC-BY license. After a bit of digging I found that Wikipedia uses a CC BY-SA license.
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How do I document licenses of code snippets on a web page with a CC BY 4.0 license?
I have a non-trivial amount of text, image, audio, and video content that I'm licensing as Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). I chose this license because it allows people to ...
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Do I have to mention the CC license twice?
In section 3(a) of the Creative Commons Attribution license (and I think all the others too) it says:
If You Share the Licensed Material (including in modified form), You must:
A. retain ...
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Creative Commons ShareAlike, weak or strong copyleft?
I am wondering whether Creative Commons ShareAlike is a weak or strong copyleft license. That is, does it allow linking with code with under a different license?
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Can I accept donations under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0?
There is a repository of code that I would like to use to run a website. The code is under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license, as the ...
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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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Is the BY-NC-ND license the most strict CC license for my open source project?
Suppose I am working on an open source project. I am nearly finished, and about to publish it. I would like to release it to the public so that they can learn and make their own version but I DO NOT ...
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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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Does the mutilation clause make CC-BY and CC-BY-SA non-free?
This clause is section 4(c) in CC-BY 3.0 Unported and 4(d) in CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported:
Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Licensor or as may be otherwise permitted by applicable law, if You ...
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Using CC-BY-SA images in a CC-BY-NC-SA document
I am creating a presentation that includes some unmodified images licensed under either CC-BY, CC-BY-SA version 2.0, 3.0 or 4.0 (no CC-BY-SA 4.0) and some public domain images. They are all attributed....
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How do search engines read image licence?
It's easy to search for images published under a creative commons licence in search engines, I just have to fine-tune my search options.
But how do I get my images with their licence on the web ? Is ...
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Do you become a "Licensor" if you redistribute a work licensed under a CC 3.0 license?
Alice writes a poem and licenses it under any 3.0 Creative Commons license.
Bob copies the poem and publishes it on his blog (with correct attribution).
Alice is Original Author and Licensor. Is Bob ...
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What is the difference between a ported and non-ported licenses?
What I know:
From what I have read ported licenses are for specific locations while non-ported licenses have been customized to work in as many places as possible.
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Even though I license ...
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Software is under GNU/GPLv3, which licence to chose for pictures taken from it?
So, I recently released a FOSS software with a GNU/GPLv3 licence and just realized that the software can be used to produce pictures.
I want the pictures to be free (as in freedom) in any case and ...
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Can I sell closed source software which uses some CC BY-NC-SA code?
Can I sell software which uses someone else's code which is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported?
The software is closed source, and aside from the borrowed code, is ...
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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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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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Can I change the license of re-written code?
The is a single file source code that I have used as a base for my little project. That source code already works as it is.
The problem is its syntaxes, variable naming, spacing, and so many unused ...
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Are Creative Commons licenses enforceable in the event of a breach?
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I am building a website with my business partner. This website is going to contain information that we do not want to be reused. To do this I am going to release it under a creative commons ...
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When I use CC BY-SA media in a website, do I "remix, transform, or build upon the material"?
I'm using some images that have a CC BY-SA 4.0 license in my website. Of course I apply the correct attribution as is required by the license.
I am, however, confused by the "ShareAlike" ...
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Are Source-code-based Open Educational Resources and CC-Licenses Incompatible?
For my post, I assume that for software developers or authors of educational texts, an important part of choosing the proper license for their work is attribution: as the original author, I would want ...
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Remixing CC-BY and changing license
I see someone has remixed and adapted CC-BY-3.0 licensed material, only to then publish it under CC-BY-SA-3.0. Thus making the license stricter. Is this allowed?
If I look up what CC-BY means, I find ...
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What are my obligations when citing myself on an SE site for an internal company blog?
I would like to use content I wrote on SE as part of an internal blog. However, I would like to avoid directly linking my SE profile to my RL person.
If I quote material from an SE post written by me,...
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Licensing for CC BY 4.0 content digitization
I have found a translation of an ancient book, and the translation is now out of copyright and its scanned contents are being hosted publicly under a Creative Common 4.0 license. The scans are images, ...
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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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Can I completely ignore the license for graphics that are ineligible for copyright?
I am looking at some highy geometric flags used by the the extended LGBT community.
Many of these are not able to be copyrighted (according to wikimedia)
Because the consist only of:
Choice of Color
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CC Licence and Automatically Retrieving Linked Content from a Source
I was reading this topic about users posting content to a community and not having the right to "take it down" later on. It got me to thinking about communities which might have a system to ...
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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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Using modified CC BY-SA 4.0 images in app?
I am building an application and I want to use OpenMoji in it, but with modified colors.
Firstly, I wanted to add
All emojis designed by OpenMoji – the open-source emoji and icon
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Can public schools use CC BY-NC content?
Can a fully tax-funded public school use music licensed under CC-BY-NC in a video to promote its educational programs?
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Is OSS with CC-NC-licensed assets effectively impossible for the creator to sell traditionally?
Given a game where:
Source code is licensed under a free (libre) open source license, e.g. GPL, MIT, etc.
Assets such as images and music are licensed under Creative Commons Non-Commercial.
Is it ...
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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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When changing the format of a work licensed under CC BY-ND, may I change the number of files?
I want to redistribute a work licensed under CC BY-ND 3.0.
While I’m not allowed to omit parts of the work, I’m allowed to change its format:
When I release my work under a CC license in one format (...
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Can derivatives of CC BY-SA works be licensed under CC BY-NC-SA?
Does the CC BY-SA license prevent additional restrictions being placed on derivatives?
I'm wondering, if I release a work under BY-SA, can someone else create a derivative and license it under BY-NC-...
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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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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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Can I open-source a design based on a patent?
I am relatively active in the 3D-printing community and have created a design that requires a part that has been patented by a company from the United States in 1997. The part is very rare outside of ...
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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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Can I use public domain content in my CC-BY-SA-licensed work?
If I create a Creative-Commons-licensed work, say CC-BY-SA 4.0, and I include some CC0/public domain content:
Do I have to explicitly mark the public domain content as such?
Can the entire work be ...
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Possibilities with Creative Commons ND
I am currently having trouble understanding the ND part of Creative Commons licenses.
Let's assume that I have found a database which is being published as CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE. Most of the ...
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Are Creative Commons licenses suitable for distributing an Excel spreasheet?
I'd like to distribute in a rather open way an Excel spreadsheet I am the creator of, but would like to provide a framework regarding the way this piece of work could be used and re-distributed. In ...
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CC text with copyrighted pictures
I am thinking about publishing a text with pictures where the text and most of the pictures are my own, while some of the pictures are by others. Those others have agreed with the inclusion of their ...
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What is a Creative Commons Free Cultural Work?
Upon choosing a license at the Creative Commons page, Creative Commons tells you if the license is a "Free Culture License", or whether it isn't.
What is a Free Cultural Work?
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Is there a license similar to the CC BY-SA license that is copyleft but allows source-unreadable derivatives to be released?
I'm looking for a license that's similar to the CC BY-SA license that allows people to use my code for whatever purpose as long as they license derivative works under the same license. The distinction ...
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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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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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Project licensed under Apache 2 License but has JS libraries licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
I'm planning to use this open source project for my commercial product. The project itself is licensed under Apache 2.0 license but when I review the package, I found couple of JS libraries that it ...
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Use of Creative Commons licenses by an anonymous user
As part of a survey (collecting environmental data from the public) my participants can choose to provide their name or to contribute anonymously. Part of the survey includes submission of photos that ...
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Using output of a CC BY-NC AI algorithm in a commercial product?
If I use nvidia's stylegan, which is CC BY-NC, to generate images that then will be part of a dataset used as input of my own ML algorithm, do I infringe the stylegan license if I make a remuneration ...
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