# Using content from Swift website, copyright, etc

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/using-content-from-swift-website-copyright-etc/62067>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Tags:** off-topic\
**Created:** [December 15, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/using-content-from-swift-website-copyright-etc/62067 "2022-12-15T16:08:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@alexonic](https://forums.swift.org/u/alexonic)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/using-content-from-swift-website-copyright-etc/62067/1 "2022-12-15T16:08:18Z")

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Hi,

I'm learning and improving my knowledge of Swift for more than a year now, and I want to make some sort of blog firstly as a reminder for myself, but also I want to make it public because I want to increase my online presence in Swift (iOS) Community:smiley: Of course, most of my knowledge is from Swift language documentation, so is it okay if I am using it in my blog?

Thanks for help!  
Aleksa

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**Author:** ![japanese-goblinn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/japanese-goblinn/32/32877_2.png) [@japanese-goblinn](https://forums.swift.org/u/japanese-goblinn)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/using-content-from-swift-website-copyright-etc/62067/2 "2022-12-17T01:44:22Z")

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I guess as long as you keep references to documentation it’s okay

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**Author:** ![ksluder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@ksluder](https://forums.swift.org/u/ksluder)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/using-content-from-swift-website-copyright-etc/62067/3 "2022-12-17T02:05:41Z")

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Please don’t make guesses about copyright.

[@swift-documentation-workgroup](https://forums.swift.org/groups/swift-documentation-workgroup), can you share any advice?

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**Author:** ![japanese-goblinn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/japanese-goblinn/32/32877_2.png) [@japanese-goblinn](https://forums.swift.org/u/japanese-goblinn)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/using-content-from-swift-website-copyright-etc/62067/4 "2022-12-17T12:07:03Z")

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Ok, I would not. I just don’t see how referencing documentation can violate anything, acknowledging the fact that almost any article about Swift is referencing it in a way. Maybe you can share some examples of copyright violation by referencing any programming language documentation?

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**Author:** ![cmonsour](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/cmonsour/32/13255_2.png) [@cmonsour](https://forums.swift.org/u/cmonsour)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/using-content-from-swift-website-copyright-etc/62067/5 "2022-12-17T14:56:34Z")

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_The Swift Programming Language_, at least in its e-book form, is “made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.” That [license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) states that you may freely

> - **Share** — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
> - **Adapt** — remix, transform, and build upon the material
> - for any purpose, even commercially.

(Also, even if that were not the case, short quotation from programming language documentation in the course of a discussion of the language is highly likely to be considered “fair use” and thus okay even if the copyright license were stricter. In this case I am speaking with regard to US copyright law as I know nothing about the situation in other countries.)