Usage and attribution of Stack Overflow code snippets in GitHub projects
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DOI: 10.1007/s10664-018-9650-5
Abstract: Stack Overflow (SO) is the most popular question-and-answer website for software developers, providing a large amount of copyable code snippets. Using those snippets raises maintenance and legal issues. SO’s license (CC BY-SA 3.0) requires attribution,… read more here.
Keywords: github projects; stack overflow; code; usage attribution ... See more keywords