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www/licenses license-list.html
From: |
Joshua Gay |
Subject: |
www/licenses license-list.html |
Date: |
Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:03:06 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Joshua Gay <josh> 15/10/08 21:03:06
Modified files:
licenses : license-list.html
Log message:
Summary: minor
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.447&r2=1.448
Patches:
Index: license-list.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/license-list.html,v
retrieving revision 1.447
retrieving revision 1.448
diff -u -b -r1.447 -r1.448
--- license-list.html 8 Oct 2015 21:00:47 -0000 1.447
+++ license-list.html 8 Oct 2015 21:03:06 -0000 1.448
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@
<p>This is a copyleft free license that is good for artistic and entertainment
works, and educational works. It is one-way compatible with the GNU GPL version
3.0, which means you may license your contributions to adaptations of CC BY-SA
4.0 materials under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.0, but you may not
license your GNU GPL version 3.0 licensed works under the terms of CC BY-SA
4.0. </p>
- <p>Because Creative Commons lists only version 3.0 of the GNU GPL on
its <a href="http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses">compatible
license</a> list, it means that you can not license your adapted CC BY-SA works
under the terms of "GNU GPL version 3, or (at your option) any later version."
However, Section 14 of the GNU GPL version 3.0 allows licensors to specify a
proxy to determine whether future versions of the GNU GPL can be used.
Therefore, if someone adapts a CC BY-SA 4.0 work and incorporates it into a GNU
GPL version 3.0 licensed project, <a
href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/ShareAlike_compatibility:_GPLv3#Option_to_comply_with_later_versions">they
can specify Creative Commons as their proxy</a> (via <a
href="http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses">http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses</a>)
so that if and when Creative Commons determines that a future version of the
GNU GPL is a compatible license, the adapted and combined work could be used
under that later version of the GNU GPL.</p>
+ <p>Because Creative Commons lists only version 3.0 of the GNU GPL on
its <a href="http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses">compatible
licenses</a> list, it means that you can not license your adapted CC BY-SA
works under the terms of "GNU GPL version 3, or (at your option) any later
version." However, Section 14 of the GNU GPL version 3.0 allows licensors to
specify a proxy to determine whether future versions of the GNU GPL can be
used. Therefore, if someone adapts a CC BY-SA 4.0 work and incorporates it into
a GNU GPL version 3.0 licensed project, <a
href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/ShareAlike_compatibility:_GPLv3#Option_to_comply_with_later_versions">they
can specify Creative Commons as their proxy</a> (via <a
href="http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses">http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses</a>)
so that if and when Creative Commons determines that a future version of the
GNU GPL is a compatible license, the adapted and combined work could be used
under that later version of the GNU GPL.</p>
<p>Please <a href="#which-cc">be specific about which Creative
Commons license is being used</a>.</p></dd>
@@ -2604,7 +2604,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/10/08 21:00:47 $
+$Date: 2015/10/08 21:03:06 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>