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Our open copyright policy

To facilitate translations/ adaptations of our materials, Hesperian has an open copyright policy. This means that we will grant permission without charging any permissions fees, royalties, etc. to translate/ adapt our materials so long as you adhere to the following conditions:

• that your edition is distributed at no cost or for production cost only, that is, not-for-profit;
• that you allow others to reproduce/ adapt your edition with no fees, royalties, etc. so long as they too do so at no cost or for production cost only, that is, not-for-profit;
• that you include full contact information for Hesperian on the copyright page of your edition;
• that you send us 5 copies of the finished book (2 for our library, one for each author);
• that you provide us with a adobe pdf version and/or layout files of your edition and work with us so that we can potentially host it on our website in a Hesperian "digital library" containing our books and translated editions;
• that you send us your contact information so we can post it on our website and provide it to people who want to find your edition;
• that you stay in touch with Hesperian so we can send you corrections/ updates/ etc. as they are generated for future editions or reprints of your book.

If you wish to produce a commercial edition, i.e. one that will be sold for profit, containing any of our materials, you will need to request a different kind of permission. Without that permission, you will be in violation of the international copyright laws.

If you decide to begin working on a translation, please use the most current Hesperian edition of the book. You can find that date printed on the copyright page of the book. Please contact us to find out about the most recent edition and if anyone else is interested on or working on the same book. Hesperian updates and corrects our books every time they are reprinted; editions published by other sources often reprint without updating.