[cc-community] CC or GPL source code that creates art

Gisle Hannemyr gisle at ifi.uio.no
Wed Mar 18 00:35:37 EDT 2009


On 18.03.2009 03:20, Tom Sparks wrote:
> can the source code that create art be placed under CC?

Yes.

Source code for a computer program is a copyrightable, creative work,
so I can't see any problem placing it under CC.

Gnu GPL (General Public License) is probably a more popular choice
for source code (and corresponds roughly with CC BY-SA), but if
you prefer CC, go ahead and use it!
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