| Atualização Creative Commons 4.0 |
The Wikimedia projects usefree copyright licenses like Creative Commons to enable people to collaborate and distribute their photos, writing, and more. Creative Commons licenses allow authors to give everyone permission to use their original creations, subject to a standard set of terms and conditions. The purpose of this note is to accompany thecurrent discussion on upgrading the default license for Wikimedia from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported toCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
Under thelicensing policy (March 2007), text and media on the Wikimedia projects are available under a free culture license or compatible terms. When the Wikimedia projects were created, the content was made available under theGNU Free Document License. In 2009, thedefault license was migrated to CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Under theWikimedia Terms of Use, each user agrees to release their contributions under this license. The amendment under consideration will change the default license in the Wikimedia Terms of Use from CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported to CC BY-SA 4.0 International.
Creative Commons 4.0 is similar to the version 3.0 of the license. It includes the same generalattribution and sharealike requirements, and adds a few additional modifications.
For more detailed information, Creative Commons has published in-depthguidance on the new license with a detailedWhat's new in 4.0 explanation,
For the Wikimedia projects, the differences in the licenses fall into two general areas:
Há algumas mudanças legais adicionais para a licença:
Se você tiver dúvidas sobre as mudanças adicionais ea sua consequência para Wikimedia, você pode participar da discussãoaqui.
After the Terms are amended, text changes and new additions will be licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (for projects other than Wikidata). Given the collaborative nature of the Wikimedia projects, changes will often include a mixture of new additions as well as text that was previously added by other users, including text that was contributed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Under Section 4(b) in the3.0 version of the license, adaptations may be released under the new version of the license:
You may Distribute or Publicly Perform an Adaptation only under the terms of: (i) this License; (ii)a later version of this License with the same License Elements as this License; (iii) a Creative Commons jurisdiction license (either this or a later license version) that contains the same License Elements as this License (e.g., Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 US)); (iv) a Creative Commons Compatible License.(Emphasis added)
This allows people to submit contributions under the terms of a later version of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. In other words,CC BY-SA 3.0 is compatible with CC BY-SA 4.0 and later versions of the same license. After the Terms of Use are modified to use version 4.0, an article may be used under the 4.0 version of the license according to theattribution requirements in the Wikimedia Terms of Use.
The proposed amendment to the Terms of Use waives potential database rights (where applicable) covered by CC BY-SA 4.0 to keep barriers low when sharing information.
In some jurisdictions, creators of a database may have certain rights that extend beyond copyright. When a database includes material that is protectable by copyright, both the 3.0 and 4.0 versions of the license already allow people to use this material. The update in the 4.0 version of the license additionally provides permission to use material that is not eligible for copyright protection, but is eligible for protection as part of a database. Creative Commons sought to clarify that the licenses apply todatabase rights:
In particular, the fact thatsui generis database rights arenot explicitly covered by the 3.0 unported licenses has led to confusion in jurisdictions that recognize those rights. Version 4.0 removes any doubt,pulling applicable sui generis rights squarely within the scope of the license unless explicitly excluded by the licensor. It alsoallows database providers to use the CC licenses to explicitly license those rights.
Há algunsdistinções notáveis entre os direitos de banco de dados e direitos de autor:
Since Wikipedia contributors come from around the world, waiving database rights will ensure that the rights in Wikimedia content are internationally consistent and consistent with Wikipedia's past rights in contributions under version 3.0 of the license. Additionally, it will avoidpotential difficulties when complying with terms like attribution and sharealike that do not clearly fit database terms.
Em última análise, acreditamos que as licenças de direitos autorais usados pelos projetos da Wikimedia deve capacitar tantos usuários quanto possível colaborar facilmente através da partilha de conhecimento. A atualização para o Creative Commons 4.0 irá fornecer benefícios para ambos os criadores e reutilizadores, tornando os termos de licença fácil de entender e mais globalmente acessível.