# Who owns the content you post on a forum? aka, User Content Licensing

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-owns-the-content-you-post-on-a-forum-aka-user-content-licensing/4261>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [28 Fevereiro , 2013 22:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-owns-the-content-you-post-on-a-forum-aka-user-content-licensing/4261 "2013-02-28T22:10:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![kpfleming](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kpfleming/32/116414_2.png) [@kpfleming](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kpfleming)\
**Post date:** [21 Junho , 2013 14:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-owns-the-content-you-post-on-a-forum-aka-user-content-licensing/4261/22 "2013-06-21T14:30:59Z")

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OK, so this thread has died, but since I’m nearing the installation of my own Discourse site, and need to address this issue, I’ll attempt to revive it.

We too plan to use CC-BY-NC-SA as our content license, and it’s all well and good that it is documented that way in the site’s TOS. However, if there’s no indication on the topic pages of the license, I’m concerned that it won’t be as effective.

Has anyone experimented with a page footer to hold site contact details, license information, etc.? I know it’s probably anathema to the Discourse team (from a design, not legal, perspective) to support such a thing, but if our legal team requires it, I’d like to be able to do it without having to hack up Discourse too badly.

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