# How to properly attribute stmd.js in a fork?

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/how-to-properly-attribute-stmd-js-in-a-fork/686>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [September 23, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/how-to-properly-attribute-stmd-js-in-a-fork/686 "2014-09-23T16:19:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![mstum](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/mstum/32/104_2.png) [@mstum](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/mstum)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/how-to-properly-attribute-stmd-js-in-a-fork/686/1 "2014-09-23T16:19:59Z")

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I made a Markup language and used `stmd.js` as a starting point for the Parser and Renderer.

How would I properly attribute it? I’ve licensed my stuff under the same BSD 3-clause license, but is it enough to add a byline? That’s that I’ve done in [my LICENSE file](https://github.com/mstum/faml/blob/master/LICENSE), but I want to make sure I’m not doing anything wrong 🙂

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**Author:** ![Burt\_Harris](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/burt_harris/32/368_2.png) [@Burt\_Harris](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/Burt_Harris)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/how-to-properly-attribute-stmd-js-in-a-fork/686/2 "2014-09-23T17:24:39Z")

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My opinion (not official) is that you are on the right track. @jgm’s choice of the BSD 3-clause license is very generous, and should allow you to do that.