copyright
Implications of including copyright notice from other work
<p>I'm writing a book largely based on a OASIS open standard. I assume this would constitute derivative work. I wondering about the following phrasing in the copyright.</p>
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<p>The document(s) and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are included on all such copies and derivative works...</p>
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<p>If I do a derivative work it says the copy right notice and paragraph needs to be included. Does that mean that I just add this as a attribution att the end, or will this copyright then cover the entirety of the book and allow others to copy it freely?</p>
<p>Copyright notice in full
<a href="https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq/copyright.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq/copyright.shtml</a></p>

<p>Whoever wrote this standard didn't write your book and therefore has no copyright on it, except for the parts derived from the standard. So it doesn't make sense that a copyright notice would claim copyright on your book. Just including the copyright notice would only cause confusion, because a copyright needs to be formally transferred. (Even with the notice, you would still be copyright holder. But if anyone creates a derived work assuming the notice - which you put there - refers to the whole book, you'd have a very hard time claiming damages. So it's a bad idea to include it). </p>

<p>I would write "This book is based on the so-and-so standard" followed by the copyright notice and license, which makes it clear that the copyright notice and license refer to the standard, not your book. Do the wording a bit more careful then I did, perhaps consult a lawyer who is better than me and you at finding the exact right words.</p>
