Questions tagged [attribution]
For questions about how to correctly attribute the authors of works in derived works
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(Why) is AI generated code/work allowed to be released under free/open/libre licenses?
It seems more and more people see no problem with pushing or otherwise releasing LLM-generated code/work as their own. However, it occurs to me, that every free/open/libre licence I can think of ...
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Attributing Flaticon in a desktop app
As the desktop apps seem not very popular nowadays, it seems that on https://www.flaticon.com/ there is no guidance how to place attribution in the normal desktop app. It is shared as an exe, there is ...
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How to attribute which parts of the code are authored by someone else?
I have borrowed some lines of code (suppose just 20 lines of a function) from a GitHub repository that is licensed under the MIT License. I plan to use these lines in my personal project. Is it ...
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Is Firefox's about:license non-compliant wrt. MIT and BSD style Licenses?
The Firefox (ref: V 127.0.2 on Windows) License Page about:license diligently lists all potential open source licenses involved. In an attempt to make this mess shorter, the devs have opted to group ...
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Icons attribution from various sources
I have a question regarding the attribution of icons for the PC application (Title, Author, Source and License). I have icons from different authors and of course also with different licenses - CC BY ...
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How do I require commercial users of the output of my software to give attribution?
I've got some code which produces some output files, this project is open source under GPLv3. I've also got some people reaching out to me and asking if they can use the output files (they don't care ...
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Is there a way to only permit open-source mods for my video game to stop people from stealing code or at least enforce proper attribution?
I want to prevent mod developers from stealing code from other mod developers in my game. The best way that I know how is to only ever support mods that are open-source. I know about the SteamWorkshop ...
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Using SVG icons with CC-BY-4.0 license
The license states - "In the Font Awesome Free download, the CC BY 4.0 license applies to all icons packaged as .svg and .js files types. ... Attribution is required by MIT, SIL OFL, and CC BY ...
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