You can.

But that doesn't always mean that you should.

I imagine that each book has trademarks and/or copyrights along with licensing, as long as you follow those, then you should be able to post with the proper citation, just like if you were writing a research paper you would be bound by MLA or APA rules for Citation.

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Most of the time if you cite the work properly, you can post it wherever you like while following the advice you were given on your Law Post

• is what was taken an insignificant amount of the entire work?
• is reference made to the original work?
• is your work transformative, changing the original into something new?
• is your purpose non-commercial, that is, not one aimed at deriving directly related economic benefits?

If you can safely answer "yes" to all of the above, you're safe.

Bottom Line:

You should describe the problem in your own words and link back to the problem as both attribution, and so others can find the source.

or (at your own risk)

Make sure to cite your source appropriately according to the source's Copyright/Trademark/Licensing.

If your post violates the Author's/Publisher's rights under any Trademark/Copyright/License/Terms and Conditions, it will be removed.

You can, and you should, so that reviewers can better understand and contextualize your code.

But that doesn't always mean that you should copy & paste the problem statement verbatim.

All content (unless explicitly declared to be in the public domain) is protected by copyright law, and as long as you follow the license terms available for that copyright content then you should be able to post the problem statement here.

Anything posted on Stack Exchange sites is posted under CC By-SA 3.0 with Attribution Required. This may, or may not be compatible with the licenses available to the source's problem statement.

If there is any doubt, it is best to restate the problem in your own words, but still link to the source so that others can seek more information there, and also as attribution.

When stating things in your own words, you should still follow the advice you were given on your Law Post

• is what was taken an insignificant amount of the entire work?
• is reference made to the original work?
• is your work transformative, changing the original into something new?
• is your purpose non-commercial, that is, not one aimed at deriving directly related economic benefits?

If you can safely answer "yes" to all of the above, you're safe.

Bottom Line:

When in doubt you should describe the problem in your own words and link back to the problem as both attribution, and so others can find the source.

If your post violates the Author's/Publisher's Copyright then they may request that the content is removed by following the StackExchange copyright take-down process as legislated by the DMCA. See Stack Exchange's Legal pages.

You can.

But that doesn't always mean that you should.

I imagine that each book has trademarks and/or copyrights along with licensing, as long as you follow those, then you should be able to post with the proper citation, just like if you were writing a research paper you would be bound by MLA or APA rules for Citation.

Anything posted on Stack Exchange sites is posted under CC By-SA 3.0 with Attribution Required

Most of the time if you cite the work properly, you can post it wherever you like while following the advice you were given on your Law Post

• is what was taken an insignificant amount of the entire work?
• is reference made to the original work?
• is your work transformative, changing the original into something new?
• is your purpose non-commercial, that is, not one aimed at deriving directly related economic benefits?

If you can safely answer "yes" to all of the above, you're safe.

Bottom Line:

Make sure to cite your source appropriately, or the post may be removed for violating the author's/publisher's right to attribution.

You can.

But that doesn't always mean that you should.

I imagine that each book has trademarks and/or copyrights along with licensing, as long as you follow those, then you should be able to post with the proper citation, just like if you were writing a research paper you would be bound by MLA or APA rules for Citation.

Anything posted on Stack Exchange sites is posted under CC By-SA 3.0 with Attribution Required

Most of the time if you cite the work properly, you can post it wherever you like while following the advice you were given on your Law Post

• is what was taken an insignificant amount of the entire work?
• is reference made to the original work?
• is your work transformative, changing the original into something new?
• is your purpose non-commercial, that is, not one aimed at deriving directly related economic benefits?

If you can safely answer "yes" to all of the above, you're safe.

Bottom Line:

You should describe the problem in your own words and link back to the problem as both attribution, and so others can find the source.

or (at your own risk)

Make sure to cite your source appropriately according to the source's Copyright/Trademark/Licensing.

If your post violates the Author's/Publisher's rights under any Trademark/Copyright/License/Terms and Conditions, it will be removed.