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0 pointsarihant10y ago0 comments

I think in CC BY 3.0, as long as proper attribution is given, license of derivative works can be changed.

Licensor cannot revoke adaptation rights, as long as attribution is given, even for commercial use.

So the use of WTFPL is fine here, but the lack of attribution renders CC BY 3.0 non-applicable, and hence makes this repo a copyright infringement.

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jerf10y ago

That's pretty much what I was trying to say... you can decline to add more license to your own work, and decline to ask for your own attribution, but you can't erase the underlying license and WTFPL the whole thing, as the only license.

magnusgraviti10y ago

We have already added licensing. Now it must be ok.

arihantOP10y ago

Good that you took action. But it is still not compliant. You must link to original work by Renee. You need include link to her blog, where she posted the design.

See here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

> If supplied, you must provide the name of the creator and attribution parties, a copyright notice, a license notice, a disclaimer notice, and a link to the material.

For reference, here is how official Golang README puts it:

> The Go gopher was designed by Renee French. (http://reneefrench.blogspot.com/)

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