From: Juergen Katins <juergen.katins@...>
Date: 2002-07-01T21:09:40+09:00
Subject: Re: documentation licenses (was: eruby SAFE question)

Tobias Reif wrote

>How exactly do you justify
>   *taking the copyright*

I will explain it once more:
A translator doesn't take any copyrights.
A translation generates a copyright of its own. If you translate a book
you gain the copyright in this translation. The translator can't do anything
against it, the copyright is bestowed on him/her by international copyright
laws. However, he/she might not have the rights to publish it. Normally
he/she
negotiates with the original's publisher and gets the publishing rights
and gives some fee and some of his/her own copyrights in exchange.
If there is a free license, things are slightly different. The original's
copyright holder may opt to restrict a translator's copyright as by
the GFDL ("provided that you release the Modified Version under precisely
this License"), or he/she may opt not to restrict the translation's
copyright
as by the OPL (provided he doesn't declares license option VI.A).

>and
>   *changing the license*

The license may be chosen by the copyright owner. The original's license
never changed.