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 detailing objectives, process, topic/issue page

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
• Documents
  • 4.0d1 BY-NC-SA (international)
    • ODT
    • PDF
    • TXT
  • Side-by-side comparison to BY-NC-SA 3.0 (international), with notations
    • PDF (only)
• Introduction to draft, policies, feedback requests
• Comment period: 2 April 2012 thru May 2012
  • Regional Calls

Draft 2 Details

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

• Publication date: 1 August 2012
  • Blog post
  • Announcement to license-discuss
• Documents
  • 4.0d2 BY-NC-SA (international)
    • ODT
    • PDF
    • TXT
    • HTML
  • Side-by-side comparison between BY-NC-SA 4.0d1 and 4.0d2 (international), with abbreviated explanations
    • PDF (only)
  • 4.0d2 BY-SA (international)
    • ODT
    • PDF
    • TXT
  • Attribution comparison chart (across 3.0, d1 and d2) PDF (only)
• Introduction to draft, policies, feedback requests
• Comment period: 1 August 2012 thru approximately 15 September 2012
  • Regional Calls

Draft 3 Details

(Note that all six licenses will be presented. BY-NC-SA is presented immediately; the other licenses will follow shortly and this page and the lists updated.)

• Publication date: February 14, 2013
  • Blog post
  • Announcement to license-discuss
• Documents
  • 4.0d3 BY-NC-SA (international)
    • ODT
    • PDF
    • TXT
    • HTML
  • Side-by-side comparison between BY-NC-SA 4.0d2 and 4.0d3 (international), with abbreviated explanations
    • PDF (only)
  • 4.0d3 BY-SA (international)
    • HTML
  • Comparison of Attribution requirements
    • 3.0 and 4.0d3 PDF (only)
    • 4.0d2 and 4.0d3 PDF (only)