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41 questions linked to/from A New Code License: The MIT, this time with Attribution Required
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What sort of attribution should Stack Exchange members expect for their work?
I've been thinking about the feedback over code licensing, and it seems like there's a significant gap in thinking between two portions of the user base - one that wants attribution, and one that ...
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Worst Voted Question Asked
Is there any way I can check all Stack Exchange communities to find the worst (or best) voted question (as of now). I found one with -10 votes, and I forgot where that was. For curiousity, how many ...
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How can we make the voter "call to action" ads more universal?
You may not have noticed it, but there's a new set of ads running on SO (and maybe other sites) right now:
I guess we got approached by some voter registration org about running these, and it seemed ...
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Why separate code and non-code licensing?
The rationale for the license change proposals is at least somewhat clear: i.e. to reduce legal concerns of using code from answers in software that may use incompatible licenses. However, what seems ...
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Why should the new code license be permissive instead of copyleft?
Currently (and, I assume, since SO’s/SE’s existence) all user-generated content is licensed under a copyleft license.
In the discussions The MIT License – Clarity on Using Code on Stack Overflow and ...
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Is a license change necessary?
So as we all well know, Stack Exchange has been proposing that we change the license used for code to MIT.
Is this change, or a change to any other license for code, necessary at all?
If it is, why? ...
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How do I thank the community?
Let's say I'm working on this really complicated application and I took help from quite a few Stack Exchange sites on the way. How do I thank the network/community?
Are there any badges/buttons/...
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Another third place: preliminary testing for Stack Exchange shiny new projects
This is a follow-up to my comment on meta SO.
I'm going to start on a chemical plant analogy. To achieve mass production with a new process, one goes through several scaling steps. At each step, the ...
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In the first two relicensing proposals, why did Stack Overflow try to use the Terms of Service to change the license requirements?
In this post, Tim Post laid out four things that Stack Overflow was looking to get out of a license:
It has to protect our contributors to the point that they feel comfortable contributing. This ...
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Why is Writing SE displayed as 'Writers' on Area 51, but not on the actual site?
When you look at the Area 51 proposal for Writing StackExchange, it displays as Writers. But, when you head to the actual site, it gives its name as Writing. Is this because the name has been edited ...
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Short code snippets licensing on Stack Overflow
Just how long/non-trivial does code have to be before the CC license apply to it? (for Stack Overflow answers)
For example, I would assume that if someone posted a long function, then the code would ...
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Add an indicator for the license to code blocks and a tool to copy code with the proper attribution
I think it is a fair assumption that a large number of people using Stack Overflow and other programming SE sites don't understand or don't even think about the implications of the license when using ...
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Does the Share-alike clause of the content license mean software code content can't be used other than in open-source software?
Does the current applicability of the CC-BY-SA 4.0 to most Stack Overflow content actually mean that one can only embed (or adapt) code content from Stack Overflow in their own software if they make ...
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Which negatively voted question has the most answers?
Out of all the negatively voted questions on SE, which one has the most answers (at the time of this post)?
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What are the attribution requirements for using Stack Overflow code provided by users before 2016 for non-money-making purposes?
Back in 2015 I posted a question in Stack Overflow, asking how to accomplish something in JavaScript. A few people replied, and in the end, I used a line or two from two or three replies. And after I ...
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