Can textbook questions be quoted in the source code of an open source project?
<p>The specific case I am referring to is here: <a href="https://github.com/dharmatech/Symbolism#examples" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/dharmatech/Symbolism#examples</a>. I am considering following suit and quote textbook questions which act as test cases in my own open source project related to symbolic algebra with the MIT license, however I am reconsidering this once my professor denied sharing textbook questions instead of using page and question number references due to copyright concerns.</p>
<p>Which is right? Can I quote textbook questions verbatim?</p>

<h2>Not without permission</h2>
<p>Questions in textbooks, exam papers etc. have the same copyright protection as any other literary work.</p>

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