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Questions tagged [creative-commons]

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Automatic generate code: "derived work"?

For example, I've GPL software. I'm the author of this GPL software. This GPL software has, between its code, Doxygen comments. These Doxygen comments are written to generate a CC-BY-SA html page, in order to upload this generated documentation in…
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Best practices when forking code base

I have a question as to the proper best practices revolving forking code. I've taken code base licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 and brought significant changes to it to suit my needs. I feel as though my…
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How to display/clarify the licence for code in a blog

Let's say I have a blog available under one of the Creative Commons licences. Such type of licence would be displayed at the bottom of each page with a link to the actual licence, etc.. However, apparently, the Creative Commons licences are not…
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How do CC licenses (0, BY, BY-SA) affect proprietary/closed source applications?

I think this question is specific to indie developers be concerned about. Think about it as a "license clarification" or a "license practical use case". I need to know how must be my project basic packages structure and how can I distribute it? I am…
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Is Creative-Commons license compatible with Apache License?

For example if I have code that contains parts of code rewritten from code found here or on Stack Overflow or other Creative-Commons licensed code, can my final code be licensed with an Apache License?
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Does CC0 allow sublicensing of derived works?

I want to release all my future FOSS projects under a "public domain" license such as CC0. This is in order to avoid the requirement for attribution present in most FOSS licenses, mainly when the code is compiled into a binary, but also when…
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Using output of GNU GPL software in commercial purposes

I'm not talking about distributing any GPL software. I'm talking about using the output of a GNU GPL software in commercial purposes. For example: I use kdenlive for my video editing and inserting titles in my videos. So basically, the titles are…
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Asset licensing and GPL compatibility

If I want to bundle fonts and images with an application released under the GPL, are there specific requirements for the license of these assets?
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Can you license a fork of a public domain library?

The original library has this statement in its readme, with a link to CC0 1.0. To the extent possible by law, [redacted] Company, LLC has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this library. If I forked this library and…
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How and when had the CC BY license become GNU GPL-compatible?

I believed that Creative Commons Attribution License, even being non-copyleft one, was always and still is incompatible with GNU GPL because of multiple minor issues; which, however, were gradually resolved from version to version: early versions of…
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How can I use icons under a CC-ND license?

I am developing an open-source Java desktop application and I would like to use some icons in the GUI to indicate various settings, external links, etc. I found a set of free icons that are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs…
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Is it possible to provide a separate license for the asset folder of a Github Page project?

I will host a blog using Github Pages, is it possible to add a secondary license in the assets folder so if people fork the project they would have to provide their own assets and not use the defaults one that came with the project? I was thinking…
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*Where* to give credit for Creative Commons licensed work?

These articles explains how to give credit for CC-licensed work, but I can't information on where to give credit. Suppose I want to use an icon on my commercial website -- I can't exactly credit the author next to every 16x16 icon I use throughout…
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Do both the Server and Client program require a GPL when utilising a MySQL Database at only the server end

I'm building my first app and have reached a point where I'm considering switching to a MySQL database. However, I noticed the GPL on the Community version of MySQL. So I did some prowling and noticed that it was also the connector supplied to…
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Creative Commons ShareAlike

Some of the CC licenses define ShareAlike term: ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the …
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