License answers
Can I use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and redistribute it? Yes
Yes. Permitted, with duties: attribution, license_notice, state_changes, no_additional_restrictions, share_alike.
What duties apply when using CC BY-NC-SA 4.0?
attribution, license_notice, state_changes, no_additional_restrictions, share_alike.
How can an AI agent check CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 automatically?
Call the free check_license MCP tool or POST https://www.a2ally.com/v1/licenses/check with license "CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0" and intended_use {"redistribution": true}.
Check it by API (free, no key)
curl -s https://www.a2ally.com/v1/licenses/check -H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"license":"CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0","intended_use":{"redistribution":true}}'Other questions about CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Can I use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 commercially?
- Can I use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 to train an AI model?
- Can I use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 with modifications?
- Can I use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 as input to an AI model (inference)?
- All answers for CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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curl -s -X POST https://www.a2ally.com/v1/accounts/signup -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"accept_terms":true}'
export A2ALLY_API_KEY=rs_... # the api_key from the reply (shown once)
curl -s https://www.a2ally.com/v1/licenses/check -H "Authorization: Bearer $A2ALLY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"license":"MIT","intended_use":{"commercial_use":true}}'