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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<appendix id="license" xreflabel="Open Publication License">
9  <?dbhtml dir="appendices"?>
10  <?dbhtml filename="license.html"?>
11
12  <title>Open Publication License</title>
13  <bridgehead renderas="sect3">v1.0, 8 June 1999</bridgehead>
14
15
16  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">I. REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND
17  MODIFIED VERSIONS</bridgehead>
18
19  <para>The Open Publication works may be reproduced and distributed in
20  whole or in part, in any medium physical or electronic, provided that
21  the terms of this license are adhered to, and that this license or an
22  incorporation of it by reference (with any options elected by the
23  author(s) and/or publisher) is displayed in the reproduction.</para>
24
25  <para>Proper form for an incorporation by reference is as follows:</para>
26
27  <blockquote>
28    <para>Copyright &copy; &lt;year&gt; by &lt;author's name or designee&gt;.
29    This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions
30    set forth in the Open Publication License, vX.Y or later (the latest
31    version is presently available at <ulink
32    url="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/"/>).</para>
33  </blockquote>
34
35  <para>The reference must be immediately followed with any options elected
36  by the author(s) and/or publisher of the document (see section VI).</para>
37
38  <para>Commercial redistribution of Open Publication-licensed material
39  is permitted.</para>
40
41  <para>Any publication in standard (paper) book form shall require the
42  citation of the original publisher and author. The publisher and
43  author's names shall appear on all outer surfaces of the book. On all
44  outer surfaces of the book the original publisher's name shall be as
45  large as the bridgehead of the work and cited as possessive with respect
46  to the bridgehead.</para>
47
48
49  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">II. COPYRIGHT</bridgehead>
50
51  <para>The copyright to each Open Publication is owned by its
52  author(s) or designee.</para>
53
54  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">III. SCOPE OF LICENSE</bridgehead>
55
56  <para>The following license terms apply to all Open Publication works,
57  unless otherwise explicitly stated in the document.</para>
58
59  <para>Mere aggregation of Open Publication works or a portion of an
60  Open Publication work with other works or programs on the same media
61  shall not cause this license to apply to those other works. The
62  aggregate work shall contain a notice specifying the inclusion of the
63  Open Publication material and appropriate copyright notice.</para>
64
65  <para>SEVERABILITY. If any part of this license is found to be
66  unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the remaining portions of the
67  license remain in force.</para>
68
69  <para>NO WARRANTY. Open Publication works are licensed and provided
70  "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including,
71  but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and
72  fitness for a particular purpose or a warranty of non-infringement.</para>
73
74
75  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">IV. REQUIREMENTS ON MODIFIED WORKS</bridgehead>
76
77  <para>All modified versions of documents covered by this license,
78  including translations, anthologies, compilations and partial documents,
79  must meet the following requirements:</para>
80
81  <orderedlist>
82    <listitem>
83      <para>The modified version must be labeled as such.</para>
84    </listitem>
85    <listitem>
86      <para>The person making the modifications must be identified and
87      the modifications dated.</para>
88    </listitem>
89    <listitem>
90      <para>Acknowledgement of the original author and publisher if
91      applicable must be retained according to normal academic citation
92      practices.</para>
93    </listitem>
94    <listitem>
95      <para>The location of the original unmodified document must be
96      identified.</para>
97    </listitem>
98    <listitem>
99      <para>The original author's (or authors') name(s) may not be used
100      to assert or imply endorsement of the resulting document without
101      the original author's (or authors') permission.</para>
102    </listitem>
103  </orderedlist>
104
105
106  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">V. GOOD-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS</bridgehead>
107
108  <para>In addition to the requirements of this license, it is requested
109  from and strongly recommended of redistributors that:</para>
110
111  <orderedlist>
112    <listitem>
113      <para>If you are distributing Open Publication works on hardcopy
114      or CD-ROM, you provide email notification to the authors of your
115      intent to redistribute at least thirty days before your manuscript
116      or media freeze, to give the authors time to provide updated
117      documents. This notification should describe modifications, if any,
118      made to the document.</para>
119    </listitem>
120    <listitem>
121      <para>All substantive modifications (including deletions) be either
122      clearly marked up in the document or else described in an attachment
123      to the document.</para>
124    </listitem>
125    <listitem>
126      <para>Finally, while it is not mandatory under this license, it is
127      considered good form to offer a free copy of any hardcopy and CD-ROM
128      expression of an Open Publication-licensed work to its author(s).</para>
129    </listitem>
130  </orderedlist>
131
132
133  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">VI. LICENSE OPTIONS</bridgehead>
134
135  <para>The author(s) and/or publisher of an Open Publication-licensed
136  document may elect certain options by appending language to the reference
137  to or copy of the license. These options are considered part of the
138  license instance and must be included with the license (or its
139  incorporation by reference) in derived works.</para>
140
141  <para>A. To prohibit distribution of substantively modified versions
142  without the explicit permission of the author(s). "Substantive modification"
143  is defined as a change to the semantic content of the document, and
144  excludes mere changes in format or typographical corrections.</para>
145
146  <para>To accomplish this, add the phrase `Distribution of substantively
147  modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit
148  permission of the copyright holder.' to the license reference or copy.</para>
149
150  <para>B. To prohibit any publication of this work or derivative works in
151  whole or in part in standard (paper) book form for commercial purposes
152  is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright
153  holder.</para>
154
155  <para>To accomplish this, add the phrase 'Distribution of the work or
156  derivative of the work in any standard (paper) book form is prohibited
157  unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder.' to the
158  license reference or copy.</para>
159
160
161  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">OPEN PUBLICATION POLICY APPENDIX</bridgehead>
162
163  <para>(This is not considered part of the license.)</para>
164
165  <para>Open Publication works are available in source format via the Open
166  Publication home page at <ulink url="http://works.opencontent.org/"/>.</para>
167
168  <para>Open Publication authors who want to include their own license on
169  Open Publication works may do so, as long as their terms are not more
170  restrictive than the Open Publication license.</para>
171
172  <para>If you have questions about the Open Publication License, please
173  contact David Wiley at dw@opencontent.org, and/or the Open Publication
174  Authors' List at opal@opencontent.org, via email.</para>
175
176  <para>To <emphasis role="strong">subscribe</emphasis> to the Open Publication
177  Authors' List: Send E-mail to opal-request@opencontent.org with the word
178  "subscribe" in the body.</para>
179
180  <para>To <emphasis role="strong">post</emphasis> to the Open Publication
181  Authors' List: Send E-mail to opal@opencontent.org or simply reply to a
182  previous post.</para>
183
184  <para>To <emphasis role="strong">unsubscribe</emphasis> from the Open
185  Publication Authors' List: Send E-mail to opal-request@opencontent.org
186  with the word "unsubscribe" in the body.</para>
187
188</appendix>
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