I've seen two types of giving credit on scratch.
1. uses it without asking and giving credit
2. asks to use it and give credit before using it and if the owner says yes, they use it, and if not, they don't use it.
So my question is, which one is ok? Or maybe both of them are ok. But I doubt it because if you ask the owner to use it and they say no then you can still use it. But then again if there is somebody that quit scratch that made something really good, you can't ask them to use it.

I would like an answer directly from the rules and not an opinion. I'm posting this because I can't find all the rules on Scratch (for example I recently discovered advertising is not allowed on other people's projects/profiles unless given permission, but that rule is not in the community guidelines, so I discovered it later when lots of people told me that's not allowed.)

EDIT: I also made this because I saw this really cool thing that gave inspiration for something, but they don't respond much so I'm wondering if I should just use it and give credit or something else.

You have to give credit or else your going to get reported

Pokemon72 wrote:

You have to give credit or else your going to get reported

ok. But in both situations they are both giving credit, so I want to know which one is the correct way.

Both are okay. If you share something on Scratch anyone can use it with credit. This is why suggestions to disable looking inside/remixing are rejected.

Both ways are perfectly OK. There is no need to ask for permission. If you do ask for permission and they say “no” in response, you are still allowed to remix the project or use those assets; after all, it's their fault they shared their project under the Creative Commons Share-Alike license. In fact, saying someone is not allowed to use your assets is actually something that should be reported.

Both ways are okay, as long as you give credit.

Maker_of_Multiplayer wrote:

I've seen two types of giving credit on scratch.
1. uses it without asking and giving credit
2. asks to use it and give credit before using it and if the owner says yes, they use it, and if not, they don't use it.
So my question is, which one is ok? Or maybe both of them are ok. But I doubt it because if you ask the owner to use it and they say no then you can still use it. But then again if there is somebody that quit scratch that made something really good, you can't ask them to use it.

I would like an answer directly from the rules and not an opinion. I'm posting this because I can't find all the rules on Scratch (for example I recently discovered advertising is not allowed on other people's projects/profiles unless given permission, but that rule is not in the community guidelines, so I discovered it later when lots of people told me that's not allowed.)

EDIT: I also made this because I saw this really cool thing that gave inspiration for something, but they don't respond much so I'm wondering if I should just use it and give credit or something else.

If you want to share something, you must accept that someone might use something and give credit. You can do both, but since this user isn't very active, you can use it and give credit.

1 is OK.
2 is also OK.
Not giving credit, however, is not OK: with or without permission.

Both are OK.

As long as credit is given, it's OK.

WolfCat67 wrote:

Both ways are perfectly OK. There is no need to ask for permission. If you do ask for permission and they say “no” in response, you are still allowed to remix the project or use those assets; after all, it's their fault they shared their project under the Creative Commons Share-Alike license. In fact, saying someone is not allowed to use your assets is actually something that should be reported.

Then again, even if you are allowed to, it would still be rude to remix without permission.

girlsruless wrote:

WolfCat67 wrote:

Both ways are perfectly OK. There is no need to ask for permission. If you do ask for permission and they say “no” in response, you are still allowed to remix the project or use those assets; after all, it's their fault they shared their project under the Creative Commons Share-Alike license. In fact, saying someone is not allowed to use your assets is actually something that should be reported.

Then again, even if you are allowed to, it would still be rude to remix without permission.

I find it perfectly fine. Them sharing the project to Scratch in the first place is them giving you permission to remix it.

I'd say that you probably should ask first, but technically you don't need to.
It is common courtesy to ask someone before using something that they made, though.

Both are perfectly fine. If you share something on scratch people are free to use it but need to give credit. But it is polite to ask first.

HOW DO I GIVE CREDIT TO SOMEONE ON THERE OC!

GoldenNinjaStudios wrote:

HOW DO I GIVE CREDIT TO SOMEONE ON THERE OC!

Please make a new topic when you have a question. You can just say something like “@Username for the OC”.

GoldenNinjaStudios wrote:

HOW DO I GIVE CREDIT TO SOMEONE ON THERE OC!

Please don't necropost.

Out of curiosity, is credit required to go in the “credits” section of a project or can it be included inside a game's menu for example.

2_x wrote:

Out of curiosity, is credit required to go in the “credits” section of a project or can it be included inside a game's menu for example.

I don't know if there's an official answer for this but I've seen a lot of projects that give credit at the end of the project and I think that should be fine. Please do make a new topic when you have a question and don't post on old topics.

they are both ok but the latter is the more respectful one

Guys, this topic is from 2017 and got necroposted on. I’ll report this to be closed to avoid further confusion.