Re: Russian translation publication - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Russian translation publication
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In response to Re: Russian translation publication  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Russian translation publication  (Alexander Law <exclusion@gmail.com>)
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On 3/5/13 10:08 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Alexander Law escribió:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have translated into Russian first two parts of the PostgreSQL
>> documentation and want to publish my work.
>> Can I create app for Google Play Market as an e-book that will
>> contain my translation?
>> Can I make it paid?
>> Should I add some special notices to the doc?
>
> The manuals are BSD-licensed, just like the source code is.  You can do
> anything you want with it; selling a translation is certainly an option
> and has been done before.  I don't think you are required to add notices
> (but you're free to do so if you wish).  IANAL.

"Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written
agreement is hereby granted, ***provided that the above copyright notice
and this paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all
copies***." [my emphasis]

In a book, this would typically appear in the imprint on one of the
first few pages.  (This happens automatically if you use the DocBook
sources and the standard toolchains.)



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