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Can I use CC BY-SA 3.0 commercially, in AI training or with modifications?
Share and adapt for any purpose, including commercially, with credit; adaptations you distribute must carry this license, a later version, or a compatible license. The license of most Wikipedia text.
| Use | Answer | Why |
|---|---|---|
| commercial_use | Yes | Permitted, with duties: attribution, license_notice, state_changes, no_additional_restrictions, share_alike. |
| model_training | Needs human review | Creative Commons licenses grant rights to reproduce and adapt the material, with conditions that apply when it or an adaptation is shared. Whether training a model creates an adaptation, and how attribution applies to a trained model or its output, is not settled; Creative Commons notes that training may also fall under exceptions such as fair use. A human reviewer should confirm this use for your case. |
| modification | Yes | Permitted, with duties: attribution, license_notice, state_changes, no_additional_restrictions, share_alike. |
| redistribution | Yes | Permitted, with duties: attribution, license_notice, state_changes, no_additional_restrictions, share_alike. |
| model_inference | Yes | Permitted, with duties: attribution, license_notice, state_changes, no_additional_restrictions, share_alike. |
Duties
attribution, license_notice, state_changes, no_additional_restrictions, share_alike
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