# Copyright issues for code excerpts

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/copyright-issues-for-code-excerpts/17868>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** legal\
**Created:** [November 22, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/copyright-issues-for-code-excerpts/17868 "2018-11-22T07:57:13Z")\
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> [@Tero\_Frondelius](#):
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> if they would you couldn’t use Stackoverflow or answers from this forum.

I believe that StackOverflow answers are explicitly MIT licensed:

> <https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/271080/the-mit-license-clarity-on-using-code-on-stack-overflow-and-stack-exchange>

I forget if we have a similar policy here but we should.

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