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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Can I use CIS Benchmarks to create a product? [closed]
CIS Benchmark is freely distributed under creative commons licence which says "use as is".
CIS has several assessment and hardening tools based on their benchmarks and all of them are paid.
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How can I denote content not covered under Creative Commons?
This Creative Commons Wiki page says of the embedded license: "you might specify what 'work' you're talking about" and gives the example of prefacing the license with "Except where ...
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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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What is the portfolio repository trying to say?
I am using some code from Material Design Lite's example portfolio. The html and css is under a Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License, but the repository states:
As an exception to ...
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Should i publish my android app under creative common sharealike license or not? And how?
I am developing one android application in which I am using images licensed under creative common shared alike license(CC BY SA). license is saying "If you remix, transform, or build upon the material,...
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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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Translate the text under MIT to CC BY-SA project
There is one "document only" opensource project under MIT license.
So it is only text files under Markdown syntax with useful info for people.
It is in language A (human language, not ...
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Volley library and publish on Play Store
I am using the Volley library, provided by Google, to do some http requests on android app. The Volley library is under the "Creative Commons Attribution 2.5".
If I want to publish my app later on ...
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Is CC-BY-NC-ND compatible with CC-BY for scientific publication? [duplicate]
If I submit a scientific article under the CC-BY license to arXiv, can I license derivative works (later peer-reviewed versions of the article) under the CC-BY-NC-ND license? I am dealing with ...
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How to effectively communicate the license of database content?
I'm working on a project make some New Zealand government data available to the public under the Creative Commons license. The access to the data will be directly to a PostgreSQL database (read-only, ...
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Will I get copyright strike for Using creative commons video if the license is changed by the owner?
Imagine that I used a person's "creative commons" licensed video for making a youtube video and uploaded it to youtube. Then after some time, the person decided to change the video's license ...
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Is use of Creative Common's BY-SA licensed database in software 'adaption'?
I am building a functionality in my propriety software for translation of names between Spanish (and other languages) and English. The translation function works by typing words in Spanish which then ...
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Can I license photos of physical products / equipment I took as Creative Commons?
I want to document a scientific experiments I've presenced on a blog post.
To do that, I want to give clear descriptions of each commercial equipment used, and using photos would be a great addition.
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If I write a class transformer for a project licensed under CC BY-NC-ND, may I distribute that transformer?
If I write a Java class transformer that transforms code from a project licensed under CC BY-NC-ND, is that legal?
I am not actually distributing a modified copy of the project, but while a specific ...
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Sites offering open-source sound tracks/music for use in applications? [closed]
Are there any good sites offering open-source tracks for use in applications or games? I've seen many, but seem to be any good... giving links to last.fm and other sites.
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Is it OK to use content from Wikipedia in an opensource project without attribution?
Wikipedia has a list of English words sorted by frequency. I used that list to create a small hangman game and I would like to put it up on GitHub. The game is probably going to be open-source (GPL). ...
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Where to find pictures for Wikipedia?
For example is there any servers with photos with Creative Commons licence? And not only some general photos but, with concrete objects (people, buildings, pictures etc.).
And if I find a picture on ...
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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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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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Sell music instrumentals under CC by SA 4.0 with attributes
I want to become a creative commons record label that publishes music with PRS but licenses them under CC by SA 4.0? Is this possible?
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Including a CC BY-SA licensed SVG in a CC BY-NC-SA licensed wiki?
I want to upload a SVG document with a CC BY-SA 3.0 license to an online wiki with a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.
Will these licenses conflict with each other, or can they coexist?
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How to release small part of my code as an opensource plugin to allow free reuse (including by myself at my work)
I am working with Unity3D on a commercial project, and have found that some vital part of working with social accounts is not implemented, namely - authorized API calls. I am almost done implementing ...
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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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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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I have a license in mind but what should I include in the license file?
I am working on an open-source GitHub project and I want to license the contents of it under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs: CC BY-NC-ND so what should I include under the LICENSE file?
Would just ...
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How do companies spot when a person is violating their terms and conditions? [closed]
I'm a developer (startup) and I'm working in a few healthcare projects, I prefer Highcharts for data visualization.
My questions are as follows:
1. Why does one purchase a license when one can use ...
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Selling images licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 in game
I am making a game. It is free-to-play. Is it legal to take the top-hat from the Emoji One (v1) icon set licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 and sell it as an in-game cosmetic items?
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Which Creative Commons licenses are permissive enough for proprietary software?
We are releasing a software under a dual license APGLv3/proprietary.
To build it, we are reusing many components availabe on the web. For source code, those components have to be released with a ...
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Could you apply a CC-BY license to a piece of land? [closed]
Suppose you are a land owner. You own a large piece of land containing lots of amazing fossils and other important pieces of history. To share this with the world you decide you want to allow ANYONE ...
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