# Best practices for using Licensed code?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-using-licensed-code/276227>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 22, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-using-licensed-code/276227 "2023-08-22T18:14:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-using-licensed-code/276227/2 "2023-08-22T19:39:11Z")

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That’s a fair question. Generally derivative works should use the same licence as the work they are derived from. In fact that’s usually handled by an explicit clause in most popular open source licences.

I thought Copyright notices weren’t the same as a licence so I’m a little surprised by the content of that file.

Perhaps the author can chime in?

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