Clarify CoC license - #682
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| * [LGBTQ in Tech Slack Code of Conduct](https://lgbtq.technology/coc.html), licensed under a [Creative Commons Zero License](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). | ||
| * [PyCon 2018 Code of Conduct](https://us.pycon.org/2018/about/code-of-conduct/), licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). | ||
| * [Rust Code of Conduct](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/conduct.html) | ||
| * [Otter Tech](https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/) resources, licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). |
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The Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike requirements are incompatible with the Attribution-ShareAlike requirements of the Python CoC's license. @valencik @samspills do you remember specifically what language came from Otter Tech resources?
| * [Scala Code of Conduct](https://www.scala-lang.org/conduct/), licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). | ||
| * [Affect Conf Code of Conduct](https://affectconf.com/coc/), licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). | ||
| * [Citizen Code of Conduct](http://citizencodeofconduct.org/), licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). | ||
| * [Contributor Covenant version 1.4](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct), licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
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Our CoC incorporates language from several other materials, mostly under CC licenses. However it was not clear what our own CoC's license is.
Clarifies that our CoC is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This is because our CoC is based on the Python CoC, which is CC BY-SA 3.0 but also incorporates works that are under CC 4.0 licenses. The ShareAlike clauses allows us to use a newer version of the BY-SA license.
Unfortunately, we have incorporated language from Otter Tech in violation of its license. This is because the CC BY-NC-SA and BY-SA licenses are not compatible due to contradictory ShareAlike requirements. We should rectify this or get special permission to use it.