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This makes me curious, how are stackoverflow questions licensed? Is there any harm in copy/pasting?

gs17 5y ago
It depends on when it was posted: ttps://stackoverflow.com/help/licensing >Content contributed before 2011-04-08 (UTC) is distributed under the terms of CC BY-SA 2.5. >Content contributed from 2011-04-08 up to but not including 2018-05-02 (UTC) is distributed under the terms of CC BY-SA 3.0. >Content contributed on or after 2018-05-02 (UTC) is distributed under the terms of CC BY-SA 4.0.
- hobs 5y ago
  And if you want an easy way to download it https://archive.org/details/stackexchange https://archive.org/details/stackexchange
- ffhhj 5y ago
  > Visually display or otherwise clearly indicate the author names And there lays the intention to comply with the license dead in the water... SO displays the user name only, not the real name.
  - CorrectHorseBat 5y ago
    https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/License_Versions#Attribution_required https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/License_Versions#Attri... As I understand it this means that if the user does not disclose his real name you don't have to show his real name either.
    - ffhhj 5y ago
      What if some weird looking username is actually the real name and we don't show it, or the username seems real but actually fake? (yeah, I'm a pest for lawyers) Why didn't they just asked for "whatever string the author identified as".
      - joombaga 5y ago
        From my reading they did > If You Share the Licensed Material (including in modified form), You must: > A. retain the following if it is supplied by the Licensor with the Licensed Material: > i. identification of the creator(s) of the Licensed Material and any others designated to receive attribution, in any reasonable manner requested by the Licensor (including by pseudonym if designated); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
Gigachad 5y ago
The average snipit from stack overflow isn’t sufficiently unique to be covered by copyright anyway.

gs17 5y ago

It depends on when it was posted: ttps://stackoverflow.com/help/licensing >Content contributed before 2011-04-08 (UTC) is distributed under the terms of CC BY-SA 2.5. >Content contributed from 2011-04-08 up to but not including 2018-05-02 (UTC) is distributed under the terms of CC BY-SA 3.0. >Content contributed on or after 2018-05-02 (UTC) is distributed under the terms of CC BY-SA 4.0.

hobs 5y ago
And if you want an easy way to download it https://archive.org/details/stackexchange https://archive.org/details/stackexchange
ffhhj 5y ago
> Visually display or otherwise clearly indicate the author names And there lays the intention to comply with the license dead in the water... SO displays the user name only, not the real name.
- CorrectHorseBat 5y ago
  https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/License_Versions#Attribution_required https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/License_Versions#Attri... As I understand it this means that if the user does not disclose his real name you don't have to show his real name either.
  - ffhhj 5y ago
    What if some weird looking username is actually the real name and we don't show it, or the username seems real but actually fake? (yeah, I'm a pest for lawyers) Why didn't they just asked for "whatever string the author identified as".
    - joombaga 5y ago
      From my reading they did > If You Share the Licensed Material (including in modified form), You must: > A. retain the following if it is supplied by the Licensor with the Licensed Material: > i. identification of the creator(s) of the Licensed Material and any others designated to receive attribution, in any reasonable manner requested by the Licensor (including by pseudonym if designated); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode

Gigachad 5y ago

The average snipit from stack overflow isn’t sufficiently unique to be covered by copyright anyway.