{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/CodePen/CodePen-Bug-Reporting-Only/issues/236","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/CodePen/CodePen-Bug-Reporting-Only","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/CodePen/CodePen-Bug-Reporting-Only/issues/236/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/CodePen/CodePen-Bug-Reporting-Only/issues/236/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/CodePen/CodePen-Bug-Reporting-Only/issues/236/events","html_url":"https://github.com/CodePen/CodePen-Bug-Reporting-Only/issues/236","id":154879456,"number":236,"title":"Link to MIT licence from all public pens","user":{"login":"AmeliaBR","id":9876129,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9876129?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/AmeliaBR","html_url":"https://github.com/AmeliaBR","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AmeliaBR/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AmeliaBR/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AmeliaBR/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AmeliaBR/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AmeliaBR/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AmeliaBR/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AmeliaBR/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AmeliaBR/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AmeliaBR/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"chriscoyier","id":69156,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/69156?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/chriscoyier","html_url":"https://github.com/chriscoyier","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chriscoyier/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chriscoyier/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chriscoyier/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chriscoyier/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chriscoyier/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chriscoyier/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chriscoyier/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chriscoyier/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chriscoyier/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-05-14T22:46:55Z","updated_at":"2016-05-31T17:47:23Z","closed_at":"2016-05-31T17:47:23Z","body":"There seems to be [a lot of confusion and complaints](https://twitter.com/search?q=codepen%20%20(license%20OR%20licence%20OR%20MIT)&src=typd ) that stem from poor understanding of the MIT Licence, from both creators and users of pens.  A constant, subtle reminder of the licence could help clear the air.\r\n\r\nI was certainly one of the people who did not discover the automatic MIT licence on public pens until I'd been using the site a while, and was rather annoyed about it.  And that is without having to deal with people who copy without concern for even the minor attribution requirements of MIT.\r\n\r\nFor editor and full page view, a logical place to add a link (to the [CodePen licence information page](https://blog.codepen.io/legal/licensing/)) would be after the creator's name in the header:\r\n\r\n![Mock-up screenshot of the header for editor/full page view, with \"A pen by\" changed to \"A pen ©\", and a linked badge \"MIT Licence\" after the user's name](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/9876129/15269347/31ac1c82-19b9-11e6-91c3-95c400554771.png)\r\n\r\nA similar link could be added into the details view and embeds.\r\n\r\nSome complications to consider:\r\n\r\n- For private pens, CodePen doesn't apply a licence, so just leave the badge off: pen is copyright the author, contact them for licencing details.\r\n- However, if a private pen has been forked from someone else's public pen, it needs to preserve the MIT licence.\r\n- If this is a forked pen, the copyright is actually shared between the \"hosting\" user and the previous creators. Maybe the credit line could add an extra link in these cases, so it is \"a pen by Joe Blow + 3 others\", where \"+ 3 others\" links to or pops up the fork history.  This would also help make forks visible and properly credited."}}
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