Re: Russian translation publication

From: Alexander Law <exclusion(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Russian translation publication
Date: 2013-03-06 04:00:18
Message-ID: 5136BF52.4060005@gmail.com
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06.03.2013 02:13, Peter Eisentraut пишет:
> 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.)
>
Thank you for your answers.
Yes, I will make the pdf from the docbook, just adding myself as a
translator (in section "othercredit").

Best regards,
Alexander

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