# 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](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode) (`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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content)
- [CC BY-SA 4.0 legal code](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)

## Check it yourself (free, no key)
```json
{
  "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's license profiles; not legal advice. Updated 2026-10-19. JSON: https://www.rightshold.com/answers/can-i-use-wikipedia-text-commercially.json_