Legal Code Translation Policy - Revision history

CCID-timidrobot: define "CC" acronym

2025-09-15T11:36:17Z

define "CC" acronym

CCID-yuanxiaoxu: /* Step 10. Publication. */

2023-02-07T22:36:57Z

‎Step 10. Publication.

CCID-yuanxiaoxu at 22:36, 7 February 2023

2023-02-07T22:36:35Z

CCID-timidrobot: remove outdated link

2020-10-14T18:16:33Z

remove outdated link

CCID-shinchpearson: updated changelog

2019-09-17T18:25:49Z

updated changelog

CCID-shinchpearson: /* Step 6. Readying files for staging server. */

2019-09-17T18:24:39Z

‎Step 6. Readying files for staging server.

CCID-shinchpearson: moved check of formatting to Step 7 when draft is in HTML

2019-09-17T17:56:19Z

moved check of formatting to Step 7 when draft is in HTML

CCID-timidrobot: updated dates to reflect international date format

2019-09-17T17:55:43Z

updated dates to reflect international date format

CCID-shinchpearson: fixing formatting, language clarification

2019-09-03T21:14:54Z

fixing formatting, language clarification

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CCID-shinchpearson: fixed formatting

2019-09-03T19:58:51Z

fixed formatting

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−	Creative Commons has established the following Official Legal Code Translation Process and Policy (“Legal Code Translation Policy”) to facilitate adoption and understanding of our licenses as tools for sharing creative works and data. This Legal Code Translation Policy was established as of 2013 October 29 and is updated and revised by Creative Commons in its discretion. Any non-trivial revisions will be logged and dated at the bottom of this page.	+	Creative Commons (CC) has established the following Official Legal Code Translation Process and Policy (“Legal Code Translation Policy”) to facilitate adoption and understanding of our licenses as tools for sharing creative works and data. This Legal Code Translation Policy was established as of 2013 October 29 and is updated and revised by Creative Commons in its discretion. Any non-trivial revisions will be logged and dated at the bottom of this page.

	'''Watch this explanatory video:'''		'''Watch this explanatory video:'''

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 Once the translation team and CC have signed off on all files, CC Legal sends the file(s) to General Counsel for final sign-off. CC Legal will coordinate details for blog post announcement with translation team at this point.
-===Step 10. Publication.===
+===Step 9. Publication.===
-Once the pull request is merged by the tech team, CC will alert the translation team and publish announcement on the CC blog and social media. CC Legal will update wiki tracking sheet with publication dates. Translation team should update Transifex so that deeds link to published translation rather than English legal code.
+CC will alert the translation team and publish announcement on the CC blog and social media. CC Legal will update wiki tracking sheet with publication dates. Translation team should update Transifex so that deeds link to published translation rather than English legal code.
 ==Key Resources==

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 ===Step 8. General Counsel sign-off.===
 Once the translation team and CC have signed off on all files, CC Legal sends the file(s) to General Counsel for final sign-off. CC Legal will coordinate details for blog post announcement with translation team at this point.
 ===Step 10. Publication.===

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−	~~[[MOU and Policies Summary\|Return to Summary page]]~~
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	Creative Commons has established the following Official Legal Code Translation Process and Policy (“Legal Code Translation Policy”) to facilitate adoption and understanding of our licenses as tools for sharing creative works and data. This Legal Code Translation Policy was established as of 2013 October 29 and is updated and revised by Creative Commons in its discretion. Any non-trivial revisions will be logged and dated at the bottom of this page.		Creative Commons has established the following Official Legal Code Translation Process and Policy (“Legal Code Translation Policy”) to facilitate adoption and understanding of our licenses as tools for sharing creative works and data. This Legal Code Translation Policy was established as of 2013 October 29 and is updated and revised by Creative Commons in its discretion. Any non-trivial revisions will be logged and dated at the bottom of this page.

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 ==Changelog==
 * 2019 September 3: Revised process to better reflect current practice in terms of who and how translations are initiated, and added far more detail about different steps in the process.
 * 2018 May 26: As of January 2018, the Affiliate Network transitioned to a Global Network, where everyone - individuals and institutions - are welcome. This policy reflects the new structure.

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 At this point, the team converts the file(s) to HTML and sends the HTML file(s) to legal [at] creativecommons [dot] org. CC puts the file(s) on the staging server and sends the link(s) to the translation team.
-''NOTE: To create the HTML files, we recommend using the English legal code pages - [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode] et. al. - as templates for your own. You can download the HTML page for each license by going to File -> Save Page As… and then select “Webpage, HTML only”, or whatever equivalent there is for your browser. In a text editor or HTML editor, open each file you have saved. Copy and paste your appropriate license text over the previous text, being careful not to copy over the existing HTML tags, and re-check the code to ensure that there are no mistakes. Please ensure that all the XHTML files are saved using UTF-8 encoding, which generally will be the default. Then save each file separately according to the following convention:''
+''NOTE: To create the HTML files, we recommend using the English legal code pages - [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode] et. al. - as templates for your own. You can access the HTML page for each license in Github, where the files are stored with comments.
 *''CC0'':
 ** ''zero_1.0_[language code].html''

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 CC Legal will conduct a review of the draft translation using the following checklist:
 #Use Google Translate to read through from top to bottom, looking for glaring errors like commercial uses allowed in NC license, for example.
 #Use Google Translate to ensure there are no references to specific local legislation.
 #Check that numbering and ordering of sections matches the English.
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 #Use Google Translate to read through from top to bottom, looking for glaring errors like commercial uses allowed in NC license, for example. [Note: in the case of 4.0, this may be the first time the translations of licenses other than BY-NC-SA have been reviewed, so pay special attention to the changes made to those files.]
 #Pay special attention to the license titles - are they correct and consistent throughout each file? Compare to titles on license deeds.
-#Check that formatting appears correct as compared to English (same number of provisions, identical section numbering)
+#Check that formatting appears correct as compared to English (same number of provisions, identical section numbering, bold font)
 #Check that language list contains all published translations, including English
 #Check all links in the files

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 [[MOU and Policies Summary|Return to Summary page]]
-Creative Commons has established the following Official Legal Code Translation Process and Policy (“Legal Code Translation Policy”) to facilitate adoption and understanding of our licenses as tools for sharing creative works and data.  This Legal Code Translation Policy was established as of 29 October 2013 and is updated and revised by Creative Commons in its discretion. Any non-trivial revisions will be logged and dated at the bottom of this page.
+Creative Commons has established the following Official Legal Code Translation Process and Policy (“Legal Code Translation Policy”) to facilitate adoption and understanding of our licenses as tools for sharing creative works and data.  This Legal Code Translation Policy was established as of 2013 October 29 and is updated and revised by Creative Commons in its discretion. Any non-trivial revisions will be logged and dated at the bottom of this page.
 '''Watch this explanatory video:'''
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 * [[Media:Making_BY-ND_(comparison).pdf|Making the BY-ND license (comparison) (.pdf)]]
 * [[Media:Making_BY-NC-ND_(comparison).pdf|Making the BY-NC-ND license (comparison) (.pdf)]]
-* 4.0 translation worksheet: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vq6b89z6HWP1KZ66FNvx9E1GTeyAguPKk_zb4jXg4u8/ Google Doc], [[Media:4.0_translation_worksheet_(BY-NC-SA)(Feb_2015).odt|.odt]], [[Media:4.0_translation_worksheet_(BY-NC-SA)(Feb_2015).docx|.docx]], [[Media:4.0_translation_worksheet_(BY-NC-SA)(Feb_2015).pdf|.pdf]] (updated 23 November 2016)
+* 4.0 translation worksheet: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vq6b89z6HWP1KZ66FNvx9E1GTeyAguPKk_zb4jXg4u8/ Google Doc], [[Media:4.0_translation_worksheet_(BY-NC-SA)(Feb_2015).odt|.odt]], [[Media:4.0_translation_worksheet_(BY-NC-SA)(Feb_2015).docx|.docx]], [[Media:4.0_translation_worksheet_(BY-NC-SA)(Feb_2015).pdf|.pdf]] (updated 2016 November 23)
-* CC0 translation worksheet: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12bmP4guaewK2U0eGQIFd-2N5XVlpB1rGULfxHthhODA/ Google Doc], [[Media:CC0_translation_worksheet.odt|.odt]], [[Media:CC0_translation_worksheet.docx|.docx]], [[Media:CC0_translation_worksheet.pdf|.pdf]] (updated 23 November 2016)
+* CC0 translation worksheet: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12bmP4guaewK2U0eGQIFd-2N5XVlpB1rGULfxHthhODA/ Google Doc], [[Media:CC0_translation_worksheet.odt|.odt]], [[Media:CC0_translation_worksheet.docx|.docx]], [[Media:CC0_translation_worksheet.pdf|.pdf]] (updated 2016 November 23)
 ==Changelog==
-* 3 September 2019: Revised process to better reflect current practice in terms of who and how translations are initiated, and added far more detail about different steps in the process.
+* 2019 September 3: Revised process to better reflect current practice in terms of who and how translations are initiated, and added far more detail about different steps in the process.
-* 26 May 2018: As of January 2018, the Affiliate Network transitioned to a Global Network, where everyone - individuals and institutions - are welcome. This policy reflects the new structure.
+* 2018 May 26: As of January 2018, the Affiliate Network transitioned to a Global Network, where everyone - individuals and institutions - are welcome. This policy reflects the new structure.
-* 14 March 2017: Moved "Creating the files" from [[Legal tools translation guide]] to this page
+* 2017 March 14: Moved "Creating the files" from [[Legal tools translation guide]] to this page
-* 21 November 2016: Removed the obligation to send the translation proposal using the forms
+* 2016 November 21: Removed the obligation to send the translation proposal using the forms
-* 4 November 2016: Added detailed new steps to the translation process
+* 2016 November 4: Added detailed new steps to the translation process
-* 17 April 2015: Clarification that unofficial translations violate License Modification Policy
+* 2015 April 17: Clarification that unofficial translations violate License Modification Policy
-* 4 February 2015: Change in supplemental material requirements, added CC0 translation worksheet
+* 2015 February 4: Change in supplemental material requirements, added CC0 translation worksheet
-* 4 February 2014: Additional supplemental material requirements, new version of internal checklist posted
+* 2014 February 4: Additional supplemental material requirements, new version of internal checklist posted
-* 24 January 2014: More detailed summary.
+* 2014 January 24: More detailed summary.
-* 29 October 2013: Policy established.
+* 2013 October 29: Policy established.
 [[Category:Translation Project]]

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 During this final review, CC Legal will use the following checklist:
 #Use Google Translate to read through from top to bottom, looking for glaring errors like commercial uses allowed in NC license, for example.
 #Pay special attention to the license titles - are they correct and consistent throughout each file? Compare to titles on license deeds.
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 #Check all links in the files
 #Check that deeds are fully translated
 This stage continues until all identified problems are resolved.