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Stack Overflow and GotW

of going back and revising all my popular Internet-published Guru of the Week (GotW) articles, which along with my traditional magazine articles were eventually assembled into my three Exceptional C++ books … Are you okay with me posting copyrighted content (I would probably want to include a small copyright notice on every GotW problem or solution)? …
Herb Sutter's user avatar
35 votes
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What does the logo of each Stack Exchange site represent?

Site Logo Site Topic What the logo represents Academia academia Books Android Enthusiasts Android The Android logo, though slightly changed to look like a speech bubble Anime & Manga anime and … minimized version of the full logo, which consists of the name of the site with a visual indication of “overflow” Mathematica Mathematica Inspired by Wolfram’s Mathematica logo, but modified due to copyright
29 votes

We should make books of our best content!

But other than that, if you follow the attribution rules in the CC-BY-SA license and don't violate SE's copyright on the design, you can do this today. … Turning Q&A content into publishable books involves a fair bit of work. …
Monica Cellio's user avatar
18 votes

Stack Overflow and GotW

I think GotW installments would be terrific on StackOverflow. It would have to fall under the cc-wiki license, because we make dumps of the site available regularly, and people who consume those dumps …
Joel Spolsky's user avatar
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17 votes
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How is it possible that I own the copyright to my own content on SE, but I can't delete it?

I own several books, movie tapes and music cassettes. I do not own the copyright of any of them. … Surely you also would feel uncomfortable if copyright holders could delete your books. SE has also acquired your content legally since you have agreed to the Terms of Service. …
Anonymous Coward's user avatar
16 votes

Why don’t we call our licence by name?

Creative Commons introduced a beta version of its new license designed specifically for wikis, in conjunction with Lawrence Lessig's introduction of a wiki to help draft an updated version of one of his books … to either the copyright holder or a designated entity." …
Ilmari Karonen's user avatar
15 votes

What should I do when I see copyright violations posted on Stack Overflow?

Copy-Pasted Material Moderators (and community users) can delete content that has been verifiably copy/pasted from other sources, or references material that clearly doesn't belong (e.g. links to PDFs of books … notices from copyright holders by removing the offending material. …
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11 votes

Stack Overflow and GotW

Just so that you have context for this request, if you're wondering "who the heck is this Herb Sutter guy?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Sutter Some sample "Guru of the Week" posts: http://www …
Jeff Atwood's user avatar
11 votes
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Stack Overflow and GotW: what happened with this?

My XC++ books are made up of updated/expanded/organized versions of the GotW articles and other columns, and my publisher is okay with the fact that I already make all my original GotW articles available … for free anyway, but I do retain copyright and they're only legally available at my original site so it's controlled and I can provide links to the actual book which provides value for readers who want …
Herb Sutter's user avatar
9 votes
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Who owns the copyright to S[OFU] content?

A Creative Commons license is based on copyright. So they apply to all works that are protected by copyright law. … The kinds of works that are protected by copyright law are books, websites, blogs, photographs, films, videos, songs and other audio & visual recordings, for example. …
Jeff Atwood's user avatar
9 votes

Stack Overflow and GotW

I think the format will need to change. In particular, I'd like to see one question per question, in order not to set a bad example. If we allow multiple questions, then there will be someone who says …
John Saunders's user avatar
8 votes

Please give me a choice not to use Google's reCaptcha

If they do not wish to participate in copyright, they are able to do so simply by not publishing thier work. … It truly boggles my mind how many people have such a basic misunderstanding as to the purpose of copyright law. …
Pollyanna's user avatar
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8 votes
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flazx downloads: legal?

I've been alerted to a number of flazx links on stackoverflow that link to rapidshare downloads of copyright material (i.e. e-books). … Since the content is copyright, my instinct is that these rapidshare links are simply illegal. …
Marc Gravell's user avatar
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7 votes

Stack Overflow and GotW

How about posting a single new GotW question as an SO question and seeing how the C++ community there responds? Asking questions about whether it is acceptable on Meta is all very well, but it's how i …
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6 votes

Stack Overflow and GotW

Personally, I'd love to see this. However, it does have to fit SO, rather than changing SO to fit GotW. SO has no threaded discussion, except somewhat in the comments. The answers deliberately chan …
David Thornley's user avatar

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