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Ways to improve Bookerly

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Hi, I'm Sulfurboy. Sfdiversity, thanks for creating Bookerly!

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My last edit was not from any redacted document. I directly copied the official document of the UN Convention of Biological Diversity at https://www.cbd.int/doc/c/e6d3/cd1d/daf663719a03902a9b116c34/cop-15-l-25-en.pdf Sfdiversity (talk) 14:19, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
Please see the United Nations copyright statement at https://www.un.org/en/about-us/copyright; their material is copyright protected. — Diannaa (talk) 15:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
It's confusing. CBD allows their documents used freely.
"All official texts, data and documents are in the public domain and may be freely downloaded, copied and printed"
https://www.cbd.int/copyright/ Sfdiversity (talk) 22:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
"... printed provided no change to the content is introduced". That's the part that makes it not compatibly licensed. Our license allows changes to the text, i.e. derivative works. Rather than edit warring with you, I am going to list this at WP:Copyright problems for more input from other copyright specialists. — Diannaa (talk) 22:39, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
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My text is not from the press release but from the official document at https://www.cbd.int/doc/c/e6d3/cd1d/daf663719a03902a9b116c34/cop-15-l-25-en.pdf Sfdiversity (talk) 23:06, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
You already mentioned that. But while there's some overlap with the official document, there's a 97.4% overlap with the press release. See this comparision. — Diannaa (talk) 00:14, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
That's only because their press release is based on the official document. Sfdiversity (talk) 01:08, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

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