Concepts
Editions and licences
Where each text comes from, under what licence, and how to credit it when you reuse it.
Every text comes from an edition, and every text answer carries that edition's credit:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
textstring | Credit line for the edition: author, work, editor, source, licence and changes. Quote it when you reuse the text. |
licensestring | CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 3.0, Used with permission (The Latin Library), or a public-domain note. |
licenseUrlstring or null | |
sourcestring | Where the edition comes from. |
qualitystring | ocr: an unproofread scan. One of |
Licences
| Source | Licence | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Perseus Digital Library, First1KGreek and the Greek Library, for most texts | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Reuse and adapt with credit, under the same licence. |
| Wikisource, Project Gutenberg and others, for a few texts | Public domain | No conditions. Credit is still good practice. |
| The Latin Library | Used with permission | Not openly licensed. Quote with credit and a link, and ask The Latin Library before republishing. |
| Interlinea's analyses, translations and notes | CC BY-SA 4.0 | They adapt CC BY-SA text, so they are share-alike too. |
How to credit
When you quote or reuse a text, give its citation and link, the edition's credit line and Interlinea, and keep CC BY-SA material under CC BY-SA 4.0. For example:
Credit:
Virgil, Aeneid 1.46-86. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Interlinea: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virgil/aeneid/1.46For a text from The Latin Library, use its credit as given:
Credit:
The Latin Library (thelatinlibrary.com), used with permission.credit.quality is ocr for an unproofread scan, so check those texts before you quote them. Every text and its licence is listed on its own page.