<p>I've posted this question on <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/issues/817#issuecomment-91542344" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcoin.org GitHub repository</a> and I've got the answer.</p>
<p>According to @harding, from Github, the content of Bitcoin.org is commonly licensed under MIT, only not when specified. <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/issues/817#issuecomment-91542344" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here is his full answer</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>the MIT license, as stated. You can also check the COPYING file in the repository, which says;</p>
<p>The intellectual property rights in the files are owned by the respective authors. Some of the files can be licensed under MIT License (MIT) available on <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</a> or other licenses. Appropriate licensing information can be found in the header of the file or in the folder containing the file.</p>
<p>In general, text files have the license information near the top and image files have the license information in a file in the directory.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>@saivan commented:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>[FAQ] certain pictures listed on the page are not MIT licensed (see the COPYING file here: <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/tree/master/img/faq" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/tree/master/img/faq</a>). This being said, although I am not a lawyer, I think you can easily use screenshots like this without much copyright issues</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Thanks for your replies, guys, but I will elect this one as the best answer cause this is the response I really wanted.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
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2015-04-10T15:51:14.197Z
2020-06-16T11:10:03.350Z
Fernando Paladini
<blockquote>
  <p>but MIT licensed is used only for code, right?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Typically, but it's also used for documentation too.</p>

<p>As far as I can tell, all of the content on bitcoin.org is MIT licensed. <a href="http://bitcoin.org/COPYING" rel="nofollow">Source.</a></p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-04-10T12:23:34.460Z
Thank you, but I need a precise answer (I mean, linking to an official document on Bitcoin.org that tells me which is the license).
Fernando Paladini
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-04-10T14:37:06.400Z
@FernandoPaladini I've linked to the document that I based my opinion on.
Nick ODell
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-04-10T05:18:27.450Z
2015-04-10T14:33:23.830Z
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Nick ODell
<p>The github repo for the site has this 'COPYING' licence terms:
<a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/blob/master/COPYING" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/blob/master/COPYING</a>
<code>
The intellectual property rights in the files are owned by the respective
authors. Some of the files can be licensed under MIT License (MIT) available on
http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT or other licenses. Appropriate licensing
information can be found in the header of the file or in the folder containing
the file.
</code>
TL;DR; It's MIT, except where it is not</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-04-10T13:40:26.653Z
2015-04-10T13:40:26.653Z
jim618
<p>What license is used for the content of <a href="http://www.bitcoin.org" rel="nofollow">Bitcoin.org</a>? </p>

<p>In the footer of the website we can find that the website is licensed under the <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" rel="nofollow">MIT license</a>, but the MIT licensed is used only for code, right? I also have looked at <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/legal" rel="nofollow">Legal disclaimer</a> and the <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/faq" rel="nofollow">Frequently Asked Questions section</a>, but I couldn't find the answer. </p>

<p><strong>Under which license is the content of Bitcoin.org available? CC BY 3.0? CC BY 4.0? MIT?</strong></p>

<websites><license><bitcoin.org>
What license is used for the content of Bitcoin.org?
Fernando Paladini
# What license is used for the content of Bitcoin.org?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-10)

What license is used for the content of [Bitcoin.org](http://www.bitcoin.org)?

In the footer of the website we can find that the website is licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php), but the MIT licensed is used only for code, right? I also have looked at [Legal disclaimer](https://bitcoin.org/en/legal) and the [Frequently Asked Questions section](https://bitcoin.org/en/faq), but I couldn't find the answer.

**Under which license is the content of Bitcoin.org available? CC BY 3.0? CC BY 4.0? MIT?**

**Tags:** websites, license, bitcoin.org


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2015-04-10. Score: 3

I've posted this question on [Bitcoin.org GitHub repository](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/issues/817#issuecomment-91542344) and I've got the answer.

According to @harding, from Github, the content of Bitcoin.org is commonly licensed under MIT, only not when specified. [Here is his full answer](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/issues/817#issuecomment-91542344):

> the MIT license, as stated. You can also check the COPYING file in the repository, which says;
>
> The intellectual property rights in the files are owned by the respective authors. Some of the files can be licensed under MIT License (MIT) available on <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT> or other licenses. Appropriate licensing information can be found in the header of the file or in the folder containing the file.
>
> In general, text files have the license information near the top and image files have the license information in a file in the directory.

@saivan commented:

> [FAQ] certain pictures listed on the page are not MIT licensed (see the COPYING file here: <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/tree/master/img/faq>). This being said, although I am not a lawyer, I think you can easily use screenshots like this without much copyright issues

Thanks for your replies, guys, but I will elect this one as the best answer cause this is the response I really wanted.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-04-10. Score: 2

> but MIT licensed is used only for code, right?

Typically, but it's also used for documentation too.

As far as I can tell, all of the content on bitcoin.org is MIT licensed. [Source.](http://bitcoin.org/COPYING)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you, but I need a precise answer (I mean, linking to an official document on Bitcoin.org that tells me which is the license).  
> **username_1**: @FernandoPaladini I've linked to the document that I based my opinion on.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-04-10. Score: 1

The github repo for the site has this 'COPYING' licence terms:
<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/blob/master/COPYING>
`The intellectual property rights in the files are owned by the respective
authors. Some of the files can be licensed under MIT License (MIT) available on
http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT or other licenses. Appropriate licensing
information can be found in the header of the file or in the folder containing
the file.`
TL;DR; It's MIT, except where it is not


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