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What are the copyright implications? Do the terms of service allow copying? Is all code on Stack Overflow in public domain, or is it under some specific license

• balls187 5y ago
  Yes the terms use allows copying and remixing. As of now, it's Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike. https://stackoverflow.com/help/licensing https://stackoverflow.com/help/licensing
  • unnah 5y ago
    That "Share Alike" part in the license name means that your project needs to be using the same CC-BY-SA license as stackoverflow. That is unlikely to be the case, so copying code from stackoverflow is a license violation. On the other hand, you are unlikely to be sued for it, so few people care. Considering how long stackoverflow has been using these terms, fully aware that everyone and their dog is copying code from stackoverflow all over, one might suspect that the stackoverflow people are intentionally trolling corporate lawyers here, in the best anarchist tradition...