Can CC BY 2.0 be upgraded to 3.0 ?
Le Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:39:04PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit :
> Le Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 03:05:34PM +0100, Torsten Werner a écrit :
> > Am 27.01.13 02:04, schrieb Charles Plessy:
> > >Torsten, do you konw what is the FTP team's position on this ?
> >
> > Such version upgrades has been accepted some years ago but I forgot
> > the packages names.
>
> Thanks for the information; I upgraded the Debian wiki accordingly.
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses?action=diff&rev2=57&rev1=56
>
> Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (CC-BY-SA) v3.0
>
> In contrast to the CC-SA 1.0 license, version 3.0 is considered to be
> compatible to the DFSG. In addition, the version 2.0 and 2.5 are transitively
> compatible because of clause 4b that allows redistribution of derivative works
> under later versions of the license. (see https://lists.debian.org/510685AE.4000703@twerner42.de)
Dear FTP team,
I found #675435 where it was written that CC-BY-SA-2.0 was not suitable
for Debian, and now I am confused.
Could you let us know your position on the possiblity to accept CC-BY-SA-2.0 by
upgrading it to 3.0 through its clause 4b ?
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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