Can I use Wikipedia text commercially?
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TL;DR: Commercial reuse, adapted and published: Yes. Wikipedia article text is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (older revisions also under the GFDL).
Is commercial reuse, adapted and published allowed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International?
Yes. Every use you described is granted by CC BY-SA 4.0, and nothing you described is prohibited.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-SA-4.0, curated)
Duties: attribution, license_notice, state_changes, no_additional_restrictions, share_alike
What else should I know?
- Attribution is to the article's authors (a link to the article and its history works); adapted text you publish must carry CC BY-SA or a compatible license.
- Images in articles have their own licenses on Wikimedia Commons.
What are the sources?
How can I check it myself (free, no key)?
{
"tool": "check_license",
"arguments": {
"license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
"intended_use": {
"commercial_use": true,
"modification": true,
"redistribution": true
}
}
}Computed from a2ally's license profiles; not legal advice. JSON · Markdown
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