What license should we follow?

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Hi,

Some articles have CPOL mentioned on top and bottom description.

But individual files in the source code have different license texts.

My question is when an author posts his code on Code Project, does his license override CPOL or the license statement in the individual file stands for the particular file and CPOL is for the files with no explicit license?

What I have tried:

I did not find any relevant answer to my question

Posted 5-Sep-21 20:30pm

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Updated 5-Sep-21 22:53pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-05T22:53:00

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You should post this question in the Article Writing Discussion Boards[^], so the admoinistrators can help you.

Posted 5-Sep-21 22:53pm

Richard MacCutchan