貢獻者協議Contributor Agreement

In one sentence · 一句話

Everything you contribute to the library enters the open commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 - it can never be locked into any proprietary product. The library returns your contribution with transparent governance and a seal system of honour.

Your contribution is legally protected as an always-open public asset - a gift to everyone who reads, studies, or builds on the classical tradition.

1 · Licence of your contribution · 進入 CC BY-SA

1. Your translations, glossary entries, collations, corrections, and structured content are licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (ShareAlike).
2. Meaning: anyone (including third parties) may use, modify, and redistribute your contribution - but derivatives must stay equally open. This is the legal guarantee that contributions can never be locked in.
3. Public-domain classical texts themselves are not affected; the library only arranges them. The original text is not bound by this agreement.
4. Tool scripts / code: MIT (contributing code means agreeing to MIT).

2 · The seal system · 印章三階（銅 · 石 · 玉）

1. Seals can only be earned, never bought. A customer is not a contributor; paying for a seal would devalue it and feel unfair.
2. Criteria (transparent, verifiable):
   • 銅 · Copper (digital seal) - your first accepted contribution is issued automatically: a digital badge and your name lights up on the contributors wall.
   • 石 · Stone (carved seal) - a standing record of accepted, peer-reviewed contributions, issued as a physical carved seal in traditional seal stone, carved and mailed to you, plus wall honour (issued once a P2 supplier is confirmed).
   • 玉 · Jade (annual seal) - the annual award for long-term deep contribution or key roles, formally recorded in the CHANGELOG once a year (honour deserves ceremony).
3. How "accepted" is decided (verifiable, not vibes):
   • Every contribution is recorded on the public contributions log (title, chapter, type, date, contributor, reviewer) before a seal can be issued.
   • A contribution is accepted when a named reviewer signs it off against the quality bar in §4 (source line, own translation, guidance-only) — the reviewer is recorded next to the contribution.
   • Disputes on acceptance go to the dispute channel in §3; the log is the single source of truth for seals.
4. Numerical thresholds (how many accepted contributions earn Stone, what counts as "key role" for Jade) are deliberately left open here — they are set by the founding team when the first cohort of contributors is active, published on this page, and applied equally to everyone.
5. Every seal is backed by the library's contribution records.
6. A digital name seal (your name carved, PNG/SVG) comes with the Copper seal - use it on your profile, GitHub avatar, or email signature.

3 · Governance · 治理

1. Contributors Stone and above: roadmap voting rights + priority channel.
2. A public bounty board: translation / proofreading / structuring tasks open for claiming (from P2).
3. Dispute channel: transparent statement + email contact (Discord community from P2).

4 · Red lines · 紅線

1. Translations must be made from the classical original - never copied from modern English editions (Legge, Wilhelm, etc. are copyrighted). This is the project's credibility floor.
2. Content never promises outcomes (guidance only; uniform disclaimer).
3. Contributions must carry a source line (classical title + chapter + verification date).

5 · Withdrawal & deletion · 退出與刪除

1. You may stop contributing at any time.
2. Contributions already in the commons cannot be withdrawn (CC BY-SA is irrevocable - the other side of "never locked in").
3. Your attribution / wall name / name seal may be removed on request (personal information), but already-published open content stays.

6 · Version & effect · 版本與生效

v0.3 (2026-08-28) — streamlined from v0.2: the agreement now covers contribution licensing (CC BY-SA), the seal system, governance and red lines. This agreement takes effect when you confirm it on your first contribution.