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On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 3:38 AM 驿窗 <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your reply~ > > Maybe I didn't make it clear in the email. > > ------First------ > The agreement statement of the document： > *“**This document is Copyright © 2018 by the LibreOffice Documentation > Team. Contributors are listed below. You may distribute it and/or modify it > under the terms of either the GNU General Public License > (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>), version 3 or later, or the > Creative Commons Attribution License > (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ > <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>), version 4.0 or later.”* > > ( Note: *Creative Commons Attribution License = CC-BY *) > ( Note: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike = CC-BY-SA) > > According to the statement, we can distribute the document only under the > license of CC-BY 4.0 : *Creative Commons Attribution License** (**version > 4.0 or later).* > > So, the first thing is, changing the license to the only agreement of > *Creative > Commons Attribution License** (**version 4.0 or later**) *is ok. > > Then, the distribution behavior under the term of the license of *CC-BY-SA > 4.0*, is in line with CC-BY 4.0 ( *Creative Commons Attribution License*) > requirements. > > So, I think we can distribution the document only under *CC-BY-SA 4.0.* > I would say, strongly, no that is not allowed nor desirable. Precisely because it restricts the rights passed on the a consumer of the work. > ------Second------ > Why change the agreement? > Without prejudice to the interests of the distributor, CC-BY-SA 4.0 > respects the original author more than CC-BY 4.0: *Creative Commons > Attribution License** (**version 4.0 or later)*. I think this is the > reason why the wiki page choose > CC-BY-SA(instead CC-BY). > And, I think that the best way to respect the original author is to > choose CC-BY-SA instead of CC-BY. > > Sometimes, in some places, CC-BY is not rigorous enough. > Well, I could ask what places those are. But I would also guess that 'those places' are why CC-BY and not CC-BY-SA was selected in the first place. Again, this is just my opinion. Best wishes, Drew > > I hope that when the Simple-Chinese version is distributed later, it will > be able to fully include the English version of the original author > information and how it will be distributed. > > ------Third------ > What I mentioned in the email is to change the Simple-Chinese book's > license, NOT the English book's license. > > In my Simple-Chinese version book: > > - The contents of the copyright are exactly the same as the original > English version, including contributors (current edition and previous > edition), no changes. > - And, the copyright page number is the same as the English version: > number 2, after the cover page. > - And, using the same font size, the same font type, the same font > color, and the same page layout as the English version book. > > ------Fourth------ > Done. The above is my plan. > But before the distribution, I want to ask the documentation team member > or original author for advice. > > ------------ > So, can I choose CC-BY-SA4.0 instead of GPL3/CC-BY4.0 ? > > > > Thanks and best wishes, > Yichuang驿窗 > > > > At 2019-05-03 20:34:13, "Martin Srebotnjak" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > you cannot delete the GPL3 license (or change a license, even if it is > very very similar), as the previous iterations (now parts) of the text were > published under those terms and conditions. Unless you get direct approval > from *all* the authors of those previous versions (published under those > two licenses), you cannot do that yourself. > > Lp, m. > > V V pet., 3. maj 2019 ob 14:36 je oseba 驿窗 <[email protected]> napisala: > >> Hi, >> >> >> I'm translating the LibreOffice Getting Started Guide 6.0 from English to >> Simple-Chinese, and I will finish the translation work and upload the >> Simple-Chinese version book(Getting Started Guide 6.0) in this month. >> >> >> Before upload, I want to change the License to CC-BY-SA 4.0 (Refer to the >> bottom right corner of this link： >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Main_Page)(and here CC-BY-SA4: >> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ) in the Simple-Chinese >> version book, and, I will delete the GPL3 and CC-BY4. >> >> >> Can I? >> >> >> >> >> Thanks and best wishes, >> yichuang驿窗 >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: >> [email protected] >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> > > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
