Timeline for The MIT License – Clarity on Using Code on Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:31 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://meta.stackexchange.com/ with https://meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Dec 26, 2015 at 0:26 | comment | added | cfr | As I read it, it can't happen. That is, the idea is that you cannot demand attribution other than retrospectively for a particular usage by a particular individual or organisation.... | |
| Dec 20, 2015 at 3:47 | comment | added | cfr | TEX SE has a question on Meta on which people who wish state any additional licences under which the code they post here is available. | |
| Dec 19, 2015 at 21:37 | comment | added | Thomas Owens | @user31389 That could possibly work, though I'm not sure how it would be implemented. However, I find it unacceptable to have the terms state that attribution is not required for a portion of content, especially when attribution is required for the non-code content. My assertion is that all content posted on an SE site, if used elsewhere, should require attribution unless the author specifies otherwise. | |
| Dec 19, 2015 at 21:10 | comment | added | user31389 | @ThomasOwens Yes, but currently I have to mark everything manually as CC0 licensed. Or I can write that on my profile, but then people would need to visit it. It would be great if there was some generic mechanism to mark a piece of code as requiring (or not) attribution, preservation of a license text or something else. | |
| Dec 19, 2015 at 18:43 | comment | added | Thomas Owens | @user31389 My understanding is that you can, if you choose. You could also dual license under a more restrictive license, but the people who find the content can effectively choose either license. That's why I choose CC BY and Apache 2.0 for content I post on my site, which would allow anyone to use the content for any purpose, and if I repost my contributions to Stack Exchange there, people have the freedom to choose. | |
| Dec 19, 2015 at 18:37 | comment | added | user31389 | On the other hand I would like to be able to mark all the content in my answers as public domain/CC0/WTFPL/anything that allows everyone to use it for any purpose without attribution. | |
| Dec 17, 2015 at 16:06 | comment | added | Ben Voigt | Sounds your goal is pretty much the same as mine when I wrote the license comments for codereview.stackexchange.com/q/1695/2150 | |
| Dec 17, 2015 at 0:07 | history | answered | Thomas Owens | CC BY-SA 3.0 |