Bug#214130: www.debian.org: Debian WWW Pages License no longer has a copy of the license
tags 214130 patch
thanks
On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 08:02:54PM -0400, Simon Law wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 12:31:38AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 05:03:18PM -0400, Simon Law wrote:
> > > a copy of the OPL on the Debian website from now on, so that people can
> > > read it.
> >
> > This may be a good idea even though it is available elsewhere...
>
> In any case, if that site goes down or becomes unavailable, it's
> still a good idea to have the license on the same site as www.debian.org.
I prepared a patch that includes a full copy of the OPL in the
Debian website (attached). What do other think of the idea?
Gruesse,
--
Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
www: http://www.djpig.de/
Index: license.wml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/license.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 license.wml
--- license.wml 2 Jan 2003 05:56:24 -0000 1.13
+++ license.wml 27 Feb 2004 17:08:04 -0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#use wml::debian::template title="Debian WWW Pages License" NOCOPYRIGHT="true" BARETITLE="true"
<blockquote>
-<p>Copyright © 1997-2003
+<p>Copyright © 1997-2004
<a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/">Software in the Public Interest, Inc.</a><br>
P.O. Box 502761<br>
Indianapolis, IN 46250-2761<br>
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
<p>This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Open Publication License, Draft v1.0 or later (the latest version
is presently available at
-<a href="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/">http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/</A>).
+<a href="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/">http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/</a>
+but you can also refer to our <a href="opl">local copy</a>).
</p>
<p>“Debian” and <a href="logos/">the Debian Logo</a>
#use wml::debian::template title="Open Publication License" NOCOPYRIGHT="true"
<p><strong>v1.0, 8 June 1999</strong></p>
<h2>I. REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED VERSIONS</h2>
<p>The Open Publication works may be reproduced and distributed in
whole or in part, in any medium physical or electronic, provided
that the terms of this license are adhered to, and that this
license or an incorporation of it by reference (with any options
elected by the author(s) and/or publisher) is displayed in the
reproduction.</p>
<p>Proper form for an incorporation by reference is as follows:
Copyright (c) <year> by <author's name or designee>. This
material may be distributed only subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, vX.Y or
later (the latest version is presently available at
<url "http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/" />). The reference must be
immediately followed with any options elected by the author(s)
and/or publisher of the document (see section VI).</p>
<p>Commercial redistribution of Open Publication-licensed material
is permitted.</p>
<p>Any publication in standard (paper) book form shall require the
citation of the original publisher and author. The publisher and
author's names shall appear on all outer surfaces of the book. On
all outer surfaces of the book the original publisher's name shall
be as large as the title of the work and cited as possessive with
respect to the title.</p>
<h2>II. COPYRIGHT</h2>
<p>The copyright to each Open Publication is owned by its
author(s) or designee.</p>
<h2>III. SCOPE OF LICENSE</h2>
<p>The following license terms apply to all Open Publication
works, unless otherwise explicitly stated in the document.</p>
<p>Mere aggregation of Open Publication works or a portion of an
Open Publication work with other works or programs on the same
media shall not cause this license to apply to those other
works. The aggregate work shall contain a notice specifying the
inclusion of the Open Publication material and appropriate
copyright notice.</p>
<p><em>SEVERABILITY</em>. If any part of this license is found to
be unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the remaining portions of
the license remain in force.</p>
<p><em>NO WARRANTY</em>. Open Publication works are licensed and
provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied,
including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or a warranty
of non-infringement.</p>
<h2>IV. REQUIREMENTS ON MODIFIED WORKS</h2>
<p>All modified versions of documents covered by this license,
including translations, anthologies, compilations and partial
documents, must meet the following requirements:</p>
<ul>
<li>The modified version must be labeled as such.</li>
<li>The person making the modifications must be identified and
the modifications dated.</li>
<li>Acknowledgement of the original author and publisher if
applicable must be retained according to normal academic
citation practices.</li>
<li>The location of the original unmodified document must be
identified.</li>
<li>The original author's (or authors') name(s) may not be used
to assert or imply endorsement of the resulting document without
the original author's (or authors') permission.</li>
</ul>
<h2>V. GOOD-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS</h2>
<p>In addition to the requirements of this license, it is
requested from and strongly recommended of redistributors
that:</p>
<ul>
<li>If you are distributing Open Publication works on hardcopy or
CD-ROM, you provide email notification to the authors of your
intent to redistribute at least thirty days before your
manuscript or media freeze, to give the authors time to provide
updated documents. This notification should describe
modifications, if any, made to the document.</li>
<li>All substantive modifications (including deletions) be either
clearly marked up in the document or else described in an
attachment to the document.</li>
<li>Finally, while it is not mandatory under this license, it is
considered good form to offer a free copy of any hardcopy and
CD-ROM expression of an Open Publication-licensed work to its
author(s).</li>
</ul>
<h2>VI. LICENSE OPTIONS</h2>
<p>The author(s) and/or publisher of an Open Publication-licensed
document may elect certain options by appending language to the
reference to or copy of the license. These options are
considered part of the license instance and must be included
with the license (or its incorporation by reference) in derived
works.</p>
<p>A. To prohibit distribution of substantively modified versions
without the explicit permission of the author(s). "Substantive
modification" is defined as a change to the semantic content of
the document, and excludes mere changes in format or typographical
corrections.</p>
<p>To accomplish this, add the phrase `Distribution of
substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited
without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.' to the
license reference or copy.</p>
<p>B. To prohibit any publication of this work or derivative works
in whole or in part in standard (paper) book form for commercial
purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from
the copyright holder.</p>
<p>To accomplish this, add the phrase 'Distribution of the work or
derivative of the work in any standard (paper) book form is
prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright
holder.' to the license reference or copy.</p>
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