Can I use Wikipedia text commercially?

Short answer: Commercial reuse, adapted and published: Yes.

Wikipedia article text is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (older revisions also under the GFDL).

Commercial reuse, adapted and published: Yes

License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-SA-4.0, curated)

• Every use you described is granted by CC BY-SA 4.0, and nothing you described is prohibited.

Duties: attribution, license_notice, state_changes, no_additional_restrictions, share_alike

Context

• 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.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Reusing Wikipedia content
• CC BY-SA 4.0 legal code

Check it yourself (free, no key)

{
  "tool": "check_license",
  "arguments": {
    "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
    "intended_use": {
      "commercial_use": true,
      "modification": true,
      "redistribution": true
    }
  }
}

Computed from Rightshold's license profiles; not legal advice. Updated 2026-10-19. JSON · Markdown