Thanks for explaining.
I was referring only to *Wikisource* when I asked this question. In a way all source texts are ND. We are making sure even the errors in original source texts are appearing in the Wikisource version. So assumed what prohibits the ND licensed books in wikisource. I was not knowing that ND license prohibits translations also.
Thanks Shiju
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Klaus Graf klausgraf@googlemail.comwrote:
We cannot and should not accept ND.
See:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy
Even for legal texts there is a need for free translations which are not possible with a ND license.
Klaus Graf http://archiv.twoday.net
2011/6/17 John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com:
ND goes against our objectives.
Our objective is not only to redistribute works, but also to allow them to be reused (modified).
The only example of ND that I think Wikisource could accept is works which are required to be reproduced faithfully by law or similar. For example, the legal code of most Commonwealth countries is protected by law, and some of these nations have licensed the legal code under a "ND" like license.
The legal code is not created in a competitive environment. There is only one for each nation. If we dont accept their ND license, there is no chance that an alternative could be written.
-- John Vandenberg
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