I can think of three ways in which someone might want to use someone else's
content;
- to copy it (in entirety or selected sections) either verbatim or in
translation
- to adapt it (or parts of it) for use in a different context
- to quote short extracts from it to review, discuss or comment.
Is is possible to request that they state which they have done, reference
and acknowledge the original source and allow others to do the same?
Margaret Derrington
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In a message dated 15/02/2006 20:31:44 GMT Standard Time, address@hidden
writes:
I'm
trying to write a license notice for webpages. My first criteria
is that the text be so short, and so simple, that it can included on every
page that uses it, and it can be read and understood quickly by anyone who
wants to copy and publish a modified or unmodified copy.
Take for
example, the transcript of the GPLv3 launch
event: http://www.ifso.ie/documents/gplv3-launch-2006-01-16.html
Currently
it uses the "verbatim only" license, taken from gnu.org:
Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted
in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
But I would
like the notice to allow translations, and partial translations, so I'd
decided that it's not possible to allow these things without allowing all
modifications. (at least not while maintaining the simplicity I
want.)
So I came up with this:
Verbatim copying and
distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium,
provided this notice is preserved. Copying and distribution of works
based on this article are permitted, provided that such works carry
three things: (1) this copyright notice, (2) prominent notices stating
the that it has been changed, and (3) information for how to obtain
the original (such as a URL).
Which means that people might
do things with the page that I don't like, but at least there will always
be a link to the original, and it should be clear that modified versions
are not the original.
Surely this issue has crossed other people's
minds. Any comments?
thanks. -- CiarĂ¡n O'Riordan,
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