Granted that you didn’t know, hence it wasn’t malicious. And in this day and age remaking memes is common and nobody blinks an eye. But no, there’s no requirement that the image contains author / copyright info / whatever. It’s legally on the person reusing it to know and abide by the rules.
Then again, I’m sure Randall would fully support what you’re doing in this image.
Me? This isn’t an xkcd iirc. It’s an edited one.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
You are free to edit this work but you must give attribution.
Okay, shouldn’t it be on the image itself?
Granted that you didn’t know, hence it wasn’t malicious. And in this day and age remaking memes is common and nobody blinks an eye. But no, there’s no requirement that the image contains author / copyright info / whatever. It’s legally on the person reusing it to know and abide by the rules.
Then again, I’m sure Randall would fully support what you’re doing in this image.
It is an edited xkcd. Here’s what the license has to say about that
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I wouldn’t expect somebody reposting a meme to follow the licensing requirements, but it is technically in violation.