Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@collab.net> writes:
> On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 21:17, Tom Huang wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to write a book about Subversion in Traditional Chinese,
> > which is based on your book. This is not a "pure" translation.
> > I will add my opinion, experience, and comment, and even
> > rearrange the chapters.
> >
> > What I feel confused is the CC license. Does this license means
> > that if I write a book based on your book, my book also has to
> > be CC licensed?
>
> Not at all. The only requirement is that give you give attribution
> (credit) to the original book and original authors. That's why it's
> called the Creative Commons "Attribution" license. (If we had used the
> "Atrribution-ShareAlike" license, then yes, it would have viral effects
> much like the GPL. But that's not what we're using.)
>
> I would simply state that your book is a rewrite/variation of the
> original book. Acknowledge the original three authors, the original
> book's license, and if possible, link back to www.svnbook.org or
> svnbook.red-bean.com.
I would add a personal request that you not name your book similarly
to the original ("Version Control with Subversion", or whatever that
might likely become if a publisher translated it to Chinese). We'd
like to avoid confusion in any way possible.
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Received on Mon Jun 21 15:48:18 2004