Is Creative Commons an appropriate license for managing content for Open Source?twitter.com 1 pointsadache12 years ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−dublinben12ySome CC licenses like CC-BY-SA and CC-BY can be compatible with free software licenses. It's often easier to just license the resources of a program the same as the code, so there are no conflicts.−sadacheOP12yExcuse my ignorance, but can OS licenses be applied to other than code (content, text, images, ... etc) ?I mean, really ignore the impact of licensing content with OS license, any references?−dublinben12yOf course. The very last paragraph on this page explains that these licenses can be used for any kind of data.https://gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html
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Some CC licenses like CC-BY-SA and CC-BY can be compatible with free software licenses. It's often easier to just license the resources of a program the same as the code, so there are no conflicts.
Excuse my ignorance, but can OS licenses be applied to other than code (content, text, images, ... etc) ?
I mean, really ignore the impact of licensing content with OS license, any references?
Of course. The very last paragraph on this page explains that these licenses can be used for any kind of data.
https://gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html