[cc-community] License compatibility.

Mike Linksvayer ml at creativecommons.org
Sun Apr 3 20:13:36 EDT 2005


Daniel Carrera wrote:
> I'd like to double check that CC licenses are compatible accross 
> languages. That is, if I write a document under the English BY license, 
> then someone could translate it, make edits, and release it under the 
> French BY license, or the French BY-SA license.

You mean across jurisdictions, not languages.  Several jurisdictions 
currently have licenses written in English and two have licenses written 
in French.

> Is that right?
> 
> It would make sense to me. But I'd like someone to confirm this.

The SA licenses explicity say it is permissible to use the same SA 
license from another jurisdiction.  Non-SA licenses don't mandate use of 
any particular license, so there shouldn't be anything stopping you from 
taking a BY 2.0 work and releasing a derivative under BY-SA 2.0 FR or 
whatever.

IANAL, this is not legal advice, etc.

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