• Prunebutt
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    23 days ago

    Is it a ripoff if they credit the original?

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      23 days ago

      if they make it almost exactly the same and “credit” it in the smallest font possible and didn’t get permission from the original author… i would say that’s definitely a ripoff

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        23 days ago

        didn’t get permission from the original author

        Tell me you don’t know xkcd without saying you don’t know xkcd. These comics are licensed as CC-BY-NC 2.5, which means you are allowed to remix and use them, without explicitly asking for permission, as long as you attribute the original/author (which is given here) and as long as you do it non-commercially (which is given for this post IMHO).

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          This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License.

          that’s not attribution.

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          Tell me you don’t know xkcd without saying you don’t know xkcd.

          tell me you’re completely uncreative without telling me you’re completely uncreative.

          the rest of what i said stands… but whooooa you “got me” i didn’t read the license on xkcd