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  "question": "Can I use Wikipedia text commercially?",
  "slug": "can-i-use-wikipedia-text-commercially",
  "url": "https://www.rightshold.com/answers/can-i-use-wikipedia-text-commercially",
  "short_answer": "Commercial reuse, adapted and published: Yes.",
  "framing": "Wikipedia article text is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (older revisions also under the GFDL).",
  "checks": [
    {
      "label": "Commercial reuse, adapted and published",
      "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
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      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true,
        "modification": true,
        "redistribution": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "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"
      ],
      "curation": "curated",
      "official_text": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode"
    }
  ],
  "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": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: Reusing Wikipedia content",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content"
    },
    {
      "title": "CC BY-SA 4.0 legal code",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode"
    }
  ],
  "check_it_yourself": {
    "mcp": {
      "tool": "check_license",
      "arguments": {
        "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
        "intended_use": {
          "commercial_use": true,
          "modification": true,
          "redistribution": true
        }
      }
    },
    "rest": "POST https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check"
  },
  "computed_from": "Rightshold license profiles at render time; not legal advice",
  "updated": "2026-10-19"
}