On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 17:06, Shiju Alex shijualexonline@gmail.com wrote:
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.
The problem with the ND license isn't simply what it prevents on Wikisource. It is that it prevents Wikisource readers from making derivative versions. They should be able to grab a paragraph or, damn, a whole book and do what they like with it and, say, make a book of their favourite poems or parody bits or chop and change it to their hearts content.
Think of it like the non-commercial license and Wikipedia: English Wikipedia has a policy against 'paid editing', but that doesn't mean we should tolerate NC-licensed material being put into Wikipedia, because the license isn't about what the community on the wiki does with it, it's what ANYBODY can do with it.
Having ND texts on Wikisource means that we aren't allowing readers to use all the texts in a free manner.