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The legal names of the site & network have always included a space.
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edit approved Mar 27, 2020 at 16:01
TylerH
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How novel does a StackOverflowStack Overflow answer need to be from a copyright perspective?

As I understand, when I post something on StackOverflowStack Overflow (or other StackExchangeStack Exchange sites), I have copyright on the contents of the post and I've licensed significant redistribution and re-licensing rights to StackOverflowStack Overflow.

Sometimes, answering a StackOverflowStack Overflow question is as simple as quoting/paraphrasing a section from documentation or some other resource.

If I post an answer that contains nothing except paraphrased or lightly edited information directly from another source (and link to that source), am I in the wrong by granting redistribution rights on this content to StackOverflowStack Overflow?

How novel does a StackOverflow answer need to be from a copyright perspective?

As I understand, when I post something on StackOverflow (or other StackExchange sites), I have copyright on the contents of the post and I've licensed significant redistribution and re-licensing rights to StackOverflow.

Sometimes, answering a StackOverflow question is as simple as quoting/paraphrasing a section from documentation or some other resource.

If I post an answer that contains nothing except paraphrased or lightly edited information directly from another source (and link to that source), am I in the wrong by granting redistribution rights on this content to StackOverflow?

How novel does a Stack Overflow answer need to be from a copyright perspective?

As I understand, when I post something on Stack Overflow (or other Stack Exchange sites), I have copyright on the contents of the post and I've licensed significant redistribution and re-licensing rights to Stack Overflow.

Sometimes, answering a Stack Overflow question is as simple as quoting/paraphrasing a section from documentation or some other resource.

If I post an answer that contains nothing except paraphrased or lightly edited information directly from another source (and link to that source), am I in the wrong by granting redistribution rights on this content to Stack Overflow?

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How novel does a StackOverflow answer need to be from a copyright perspective?

As I understand, when I post something on StackOverflow (or other StackExchange sites), I have copyright on the contents of the post and I've licensed significant redistribution and re-licensing rights to StackOverflow.

Sometimes, answering a StackOverflow question is as simple as quoting/paraphrasing a section from documentation or some other resource.

If I post an answer that contains nothing except paraphrased or lightly edited information directly from another source (and link to that source), am I in the wrong by granting redistribution rights on this content to StackOverflow?