Timeline for Do I have to worry about copyright issues for code posted on Stack Overflow?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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| Jul 1, 2023 at 16:37 | history | edited | jeyko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarified which license is being used and where the links go.
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| Jul 1, 2023 at 14:53 | comment | added | Nick is tired | @jeyko While I understand the edit, it's not strictly speaking correct. The version of CC BY-SA is dependent on when the content was posted, it's not necessarily 3.0 | |
| Jul 1, 2023 at 14:53 | history | rollback | Nick is tired |
Rollback to Revision 3
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| Jul 1, 2023 at 14:32 | history | edited | jeyko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarified which license is being used. CC is an organization with many licenses.
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| Sep 12, 2018 at 11:38 | comment | added | keuleJ | Sorry, this does not really answer the questions and is more of an link-answer. | |
| Mar 31, 2018 at 20:50 | comment | added | zypA13510 | @JasonBaker I would imagine that this wouldn't be a problem for most FOSS licenses. WRONG! From Creative Commons > Compatible Licenses, under "BY-SA" section "Version 3.0": Currently, no non-CC licenses have been designated as compatible with BY-SA 3.0. So you are effectively forbidden to use code posted by other/yourself on Stack Exchange and any sub-site in any projects unless it is licensed under and only under CC BY-SA 3.0 (because no other license is compatible). | |
| Nov 5, 2017 at 19:18 | history | edited | Anonymous Coward | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
The Terms of Service are quite relevant to this.
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| Nov 30, 2013 at 17:12 | comment | added | ruffin |
@Jason: Realizing this wasn't Davr's question, I think your earlier comment missed something. IANAL, but afaict you can post a portion of closed source to SO and "dual license" (since it's all yours). If I have closed foo, sublicense foo to you, your posting foo to SO doesn't stop me from continuing to treat foo-superset as otherwise closed. Same if that "sublicensee" is myself. You can use foo on SO under CC, and I can use foo-superset as closed without suing myself. ;^) See MySql and dual licensing.
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| Nov 10, 2013 at 15:43 | comment | added | Adinan | I modified a code I found on stackoverflow and add it to my program (which I intend to release under GPL). I mentioned in comments the person who wrote it and added the url to the topic on stackoverflow where I found it. Do I need to do anything else? | |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 2:20 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by user102937 | ||
| Feb 17, 2013 at 11:09 | history | edited | This_is_NOT_a_forum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Used the official name of Stack Overflow - see section "Proper Use of the Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange Name" in http://stackoverflow.com/legal/trademark-guidance (the last section).
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| Aug 26, 2009 at 12:04 | vote | accept | user134553 | ||
| Sep 24, 2008 at 20:28 | comment | added | davr | No...I'm talking about the other way around. I ask "How do I do Foo?", then someone answers with some source code, presumably licensed under CC by-sa. What happens when I take that source code, and add it to my non-opensource application? | |
| Sep 24, 2008 at 18:24 | comment | added | Jason Baker | @Davr - If you plan on releasing the code under a license that would be incompatible with the creative commons license, I wouldn't post it to StackOverflow. I would imagine that this wouldn't be a problem for most FOSS licenses. And if this is proprietary code, I wouldn't post it to begin with. :) | |
| Sep 24, 2008 at 18:03 | comment | added | Will M | Nothing here changes who owned the code before it was posted. If the poster didn't have the right to post it (because of his company's IP provisions, or because it was taken from elsewhere) the CC license doesn't stop the original owner from claiming infringement against someone who downloads. | |
| Sep 24, 2008 at 17:55 | comment | added | Steve Moyer | If you include a code snippet from another source, you can't arbitrarily for that content to Creative Commons ... it stays under it's original license until the copyright holder says otherwise. | |
| Sep 24, 2008 at 17:54 | comment | added | davr | So basically if I paste a 10-line snippet of code from stackoverflow into my project, I must now distribute my project onder CC by-sa as well? | |
| Sep 24, 2008 at 17:51 | history | answered | Jason Baker | CC BY-SA 2.5 |