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by semi-extrinsic 3130 days ago
As I understand it, "code licenses" like MIT and "content licenses" like Creative Commons have slightly different intended areas of application, and you shouldn't mix them. E.g. "linking" means different things for code and images.

So you'd use e.g. CC0 for an icon set together with MIT license for some javascript/whatnot code that goes with your icons.
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tordanik 3130 days ago
CC0 can be used for source code. For example, the FSF lists it as a GPL-compatible free software license and states: "If you want to release your work to the public domain, we recommend you use CC0."

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#CC0

Creative Commons themselves have published a FAQ entry on the matter:

https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC0_FAQ#May_I_apply_CC...

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