From 9aac90ccf442afcfeb7404fded9a664f17b98db9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Griffin Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:01:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor clarifications on licensing and trademarks (#245) --- intro/open-license/01.md | 18 +++++++++++++++--- translate/translate-source-licensing/01.md | 11 ++++++----- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/intro/open-license/01.md b/intro/open-license/01.md index 5f51a745..004b287a 100644 --- a/intro/open-license/01.md +++ b/intro/open-license/01.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ### A License for Freedom -To achieve **unrestricted biblical content in every language**, a license is needed that gives the global church “unrestricted” access. We believe this movement will become unstoppable when the Church has unrestricted access. The [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) provides all the needed rights for translation and distribution of biblical content and ensures that the content remains unrestricted. Except where otherwise noted, all our content is licensed CC BY-SA. +To achieve our vision of **the church in every people group and the Bible in every language**, a license is needed that gives the global church “unrestricted” access. We believe this movement will become unstoppable when the Church has unrestricted access. The [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) provides all the needed rights for translation and distribution of biblical content and ensures that the content remains unrestricted. Except where otherwise noted, all our content is licensed CC BY-SA. *The official license for Door43 is found at https://door43.org/en/legal/license.* @@ -31,11 +31,23 @@ You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the p No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material. -Suggested attribution statement for derivative works: “Original work created by the Door43 World Missions Community, available at http://door43.org/, and released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ). This work has been changed from the original, and the original authors have not endorsed this work.” +### Trademarks + +unfoldingWord® is a registered trademark of unfoldingWord. Use of the unfoldingWord name or logo requires the written permission of unfoldingWord. Under the terms of the CC BY-SA license, you may copy and redistribute this unmodified work as long as you keep the unfoldingWord® trademark intact. If you modify a copy or translate this work, thereby creating a derivative work, you must remove the unfoldingWord® trademark. + +This principle applies to trademarks from other organizations as well. The CC BY-SA license grants permission to make derivatives, but it does not grant permission to use trademarks of other organizations. + +### Attribution Statements + +On the derivative work, you must indicate what changes you have made and attribute the work as follows: “The original work by unfoldingWord is available from unfoldingword.org/uta”. You must also make your derivative work available under the same license (CC BY-SA). + +Suggested attribution statement for Door43 works: “Original work created by the Door43 World Missions Community, available at http://door43.org/, and released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ). This work has been changed from the original, and the original authors have not endorsed this work.” + +Other works on Door43 may have different suggestions for attribution, please check the LICENSE files that are distributed with the content. ### Attribution of Door43 Contributors -When importing a resource into Door43, the original work must be attributed as specified by the open license under which it is available. For example, the artwork used in Open Bible Stories is clearly attributed on the project’s [main page](http://openbiblestories.com). +When importing a resource into Door43, the original work must be attributed as specified by the open license under which it is available. For example, the artwork used in unfoldingWord® Open Bible Stories is clearly attributed on [https://www.openbiblestories.org](https://www.openbiblestories.org). Contributors to projects on Door43 agree that **the attribution that occurs automatically in the revision history of every page is sufficient attribution for their work.** That is, every contributor on Door43 may be listed as “the Door43 World Missions Community” or something to that effect. The contributions of each contributor are preserved in the revision history for that work. diff --git a/translate/translate-source-licensing/01.md b/translate/translate-source-licensing/01.md index 5bd36e54..a39d6734 100644 --- a/translate/translate-source-licensing/01.md +++ b/translate/translate-source-licensing/01.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ ### Why Is It Important? -When choosing a source text from which to do a translation, considering the copyright/licensing issue is important for two reasons. First, if you translate from a copyrighted work without prior permission, you are breaking the law because translation is a right reserved for the owner of the content. In some places, copyright infringement is a criminal offense and may be prosecuted by the government without the copyright holder’s consent! Second, when a translation is done from a copyrighted work, the translation is the intellectual property of the copyright holder of the source text. They maintain all the rights of the translation just as they do with the source text. For these and other reasons, unfoldingWord will only distribute translations that are not in violation of copyright law. +When choosing a source text from which to do a translation, considering the copyright and licensing issues are important for two reasons. First, if you translate from a copyrighted work without prior permission, you are breaking the law because translation is a right reserved for the owner of the content. In some places, copyright infringement is a criminal offense and may be prosecuted by the government without the copyright holder’s consent! Second, when a translation is done from a copyrighted work, the translation is the intellectual property of the copyright holder of the source text. They maintain all the rights of the translation just as they do with the source text. For these and other reasons, unfoldingWord will only distribute translations that are not in violation of copyright law. ### What License Do We Use? -All content published by unfoldingWord is released under a **Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA)** (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). We believe this license is the greatest help to the church because it is permissive enough to allow translation and other derivatives to be made from it, but not so permissive that those derivatives can be locked up under restrictive licenses. For a complete discussion on this issue, read The Christian Commons (see http://thechristiancommons.com/). +Content created by unfoldingWord® is released under a **Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA)** (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). We believe this license is the greatest help to the church because it is permissive enough to allow translation and other derivatives to be made from it, but not so permissive that those derivatives can be locked up under restrictive licenses. For a complete discussion on this issue, read The Christian Commons (see https://www.unfoldingword.org/tcc/) or Letting Go (see https://www.unfoldingword.org/letting-go). ### What Source Texts Can Be Used? @@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ Source texts can be used if they are in the public domain or are available under * **CC0 Public Domain Dedication (CC0)** (see http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) * **CC Attribution (CC BY)** (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) * **CC Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)** (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) -* Works released under the **Free Translate License** (see http://ufw.io/freetranslate/) +* Works released under the **Free Translate License** (see https://www.unfoldingword.org/freetranslate/) For all other works in question, please contact . **Note:** -* All source texts that appear as source texts in translationStudio have been reviewed and are legal for use by anyone as a source text. -* Before anything is published by unfoldingWord, the source text must be reviewed and available under one of the licenses listed above. Please check your source text before you start translating to avoid being unable to have your translation published. +* All source texts that appear as source texts in translationStudio or translationCore have been reviewed and are legal for use by anyone as a source text. +* Before anything is published by unfoldingWord, the source text must be reviewed and available under one of the licenses listed above. +* Please check your source text before you start translating to avoid being unable to have your translation published.