4.0/Drafts

Launch, drafting and process information

• Global Summit (Sept 2011), outcomes related to 4.0
• Public discussion launch (December 2011)
• 4.0 wiki pages detailing objectives, process, topic/issue pages
• 4.0 launch announcement (November 2013)
• Final policy decisions and versioning notes

Draft 1 Details

(Note that only BY-NC-SA (international) is presented in draft form, as the other licenses are easily crafted from its terms. Comments are not limited solely to this one license but should be presented on the license suite as a whole.)

• Publication date: 2 April 2012
  • Blog post
  • Announcement to license-discuss
  • Introduction to draft, policies, feedback requests

• Comment period: 2 April 2012 thru May 2012
  • Draft 1 regional calls

4.0d1 Licenses

• 4.0d1 BY-NC-SA (international)
  • ODT
  • PDF
  • TXT

Other 4.0d1 documents

• Side-by-side comparison to BY-NC-SA 3.0 (international), with notations: PDF (only)

Draft 2 Details

• Publication date: 1 August 2012
  • Blog post
  • Announcement to license-discuss
  • Introduction to draft, policies, feedback requests

• Comment period: 1 August 2012 until 15 February 2013
  • Regional Calls

4.0d2 Licenses

(Note that BY-NC-SA and BY-SA are presented. Comments are not limited solely to these two licenses, however.)

• 4.0d2 BY-NC-SA (international)
  • ODT
  • PDF
  • TXT
  • HTML

• 4.0d2 BY-SA (international)
  • ODT
  • PDF
  • TXT

Other 4.0d2 documents

• Side-by-side comparison between BY-NC-SA 4.0d1 and 4.0d2 (international), with abbreviated explanations: PDF (only)
• Attribution comparison chart (across 3.0, d,1 and d2): PDF (only)

Draft 3 Details

• Publication date: 15 February 2013
  • Blog post
  • Announcement to license-discuss

• Comment period: 15 February 2013 until approximately 10 September 2013

4.0d3 Licenses

(all six are presented in HTML; BY-NC-SA is published in alternative formats as well)

• BY (4.0d3) HTML
• BY-SA (4.0d3) HTML
• BY-NC-SA (4.0d3) HTML, ODT, PDF, and TXT
• BY-NC (4.0d3) HTML
• BY-ND (4.0d3) HTML
• BY-NC-ND (4.0d3) HTML

Other 4.0d3 documents

• Side-by-side comparison between BY-NC-SA 4.0d2 and 4.0d3, with abbreviated explanations PDF (only)

• Attribution requirements comparisons:
  • 3.0 and 4.0d3 PDF (only)
  • 4.0d2 and 4.0d3 PDF (only)

Draft 4 Details

• First publication: 12 September 2013
  • Blog post
  • Announcement to license development list

• Comment period (abbreviated): Approximately two weeks from publication subject to further revisions

Original 4.0d4 Licenses

(all six are presented in HTML; BY-NC-SA is published in alternative formats as well)

• BY (4.0d4) HTML
• BY-SA (4.0d4) HTML
• BY-NC-SA (4.0d4) HTML, ODT, PDF, and TXT
• BY-NC (4.0d4) HTML
• BY-ND (4.0d4) HTML
• BY-NC-ND (4.0d4) HTML

Other 4.0d4 documents

• Comparison of draft 3 and original draft 4: PDF
• Attribution comparison chart from draft 3 to original draft 4: PDF

4.0d4v2 Licenses (updated as of 15 October 2013)

All six are presented in HTML at the same location as above. Below are links to files comparing the original draft 4 licenses (4.0d4v1) and all revisions to date (4.0d4v2) and incorporated in the current html

• BY (4.0d4v2): .doc, .odt, .pdf
• BY-SA (4.0d4v2): .doc, .odt, .pdf
• BY-NC-SA (4.0d4v2): .doc, .odt, .pdf
• BY-NC (4.0d4v2): .doc, .odt, .pdf
• BY-ND (4.0d4v2): .doc, .odt, .pdf
• BY-NC-ND (4.0d4v2): .doc, .odt, .pdf

Visit the Draft 4 page to view a summary of the main changes.