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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 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<sect1 id="license" xreflabel="Open Publication License">
9  <?dbhtml filename="license.html"?>
10
11  <title>Open Publication License</title>
12  <bridgehead renderas="sect3">v1.0, 8 June 1999</bridgehead>
13
14
15  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">I. REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND
16  MODIFIED VERSIONS</bridgehead>
17
18  <para>The Open Publication works may be reproduced and distributed in
19  whole or in part, in any medium physical or electronic, provided that
20  the terms of this license are adhered to, and that this license or an
21  incorporation of it by reference (with any options elected by the
22  author(s) and/or publisher) is displayed in the reproduction.</para>
23
24  <para>Proper form for an incorporation by reference is as follows:</para>
25
26  <blockquote>
27    <para>Copyright &copy; &year; by each contributor.
28    This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions
29    set forth in the Open Publication License, v1.0 or later (the latest
30    version is presently available at <ulink
31    url="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/"/>).</para>
32  </blockquote>
33
34  <para>The reference must be immediately followed with any options elected
35  by the author(s) and/or publisher of the document (see section VI).</para>
36
37  <para>Commercial redistribution of Open Publication-licensed material
38  is permitted.</para>
39
40  <para>Any publication in standard (paper) book form shall require the
41  citation of the original publisher and author. The publisher and
42  author's names shall appear on all outer surfaces of the book. On all
43  outer surfaces of the book the original publisher's name shall be as
44  large as the bridgehead of the work and cited as possessive with respect
45  to the bridgehead.</para>
46
47
48  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">II. COPYRIGHT</bridgehead>
49
50  <para>The copyright to each Open Publication is owned by its
51  author(s) or designee.</para>
52
53  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">III. SCOPE OF LICENSE</bridgehead>
54
55  <para>The following license terms apply to all Open Publication works,
56  unless otherwise explicitly stated in the document.</para>
57
58  <para>Mere aggregation of Open Publication works or a portion of an
59  Open Publication work with other works or programs on the same media
60  shall not cause this license to apply to those other works. The
61  aggregate work shall contain a notice specifying the inclusion of the
62  Open Publication material and appropriate copyright notice.</para>
63
64  <para>SEVERABILITY. If any part of this license is found to be
65  unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the remaining portions of the
66  license remain in force.</para>
67
68  <para>NO WARRANTY. Open Publication works are licensed and provided
69  "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including,
70  but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and
71  fitness for a particular purpose or a warranty of non-infringement.</para>
72
73
74  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">IV. REQUIREMENTS ON MODIFIED WORKS</bridgehead>
75
76  <para>All modified versions of documents covered by this license,
77  including translations, anthologies, compilations and partial documents,
78  must meet the following requirements:</para>
79
80  <orderedlist>
81    <listitem>
82      <para>The modified version must be labeled as such.</para>
83    </listitem>
84    <listitem>
85      <para>The person making the modifications must be identified and
86      the modifications dated.</para>
87    </listitem>
88    <listitem>
89      <para>Acknowledgement of the original author and publisher if
90      applicable must be retained according to normal academic citation
91      practices.</para>
92    </listitem>
93    <listitem>
94      <para>The location of the original unmodified document must be
95      identified.</para>
96    </listitem>
97    <listitem>
98      <para>The original author's (or authors') name(s) may not be used
99      to assert or imply endorsement of the resulting document without
100      the original author's (or authors') permission.</para>
101    </listitem>
102  </orderedlist>
103
104
105  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">V. GOOD-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS</bridgehead>
106
107  <para>In addition to the requirements of this license, it is requested
108  from and strongly recommended of redistributors that:</para>
109
110  <orderedlist>
111    <listitem>
112      <para>If you are distributing Open Publication works on hardcopy
113      or CD-ROM, you provide email notification to the authors of your
114      intent to redistribute at least thirty days before your manuscript
115      or media freeze, to give the authors time to provide updated
116      documents. This notification should describe modifications, if any,
117      made to the document.</para>
118    </listitem>
119    <listitem>
120      <para>All substantive modifications (including deletions) be either
121      clearly marked up in the document or else described in an attachment
122      to the document.</para>
123    </listitem>
124    <listitem>
125      <para>Finally, while it is not mandatory under this license, it is
126      considered good form to offer a free copy of any hardcopy and CD-ROM
127      expression of an Open Publication-licensed work to its author(s).</para>
128    </listitem>
129  </orderedlist>
130
131
132  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">VI. LICENSE OPTIONS</bridgehead>
133
134  <para>The author(s) and/or publisher of an Open Publication-licensed
135  document may elect certain options by appending language to the reference
136  to or copy of the license. These options are considered part of the
137  license instance and must be included with the license (or its
138  incorporation by reference) in derived works.</para>
139
140  <para>A. To prohibit distribution of substantively modified versions
141  without the explicit permission of the author(s). "Substantive modification"
142  is defined as a change to the semantic content of the document, and
143  excludes mere changes in format or typographical corrections.</para>
144
145  <para>To accomplish this, add the phrase `Distribution of substantively
146  modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit
147  permission of the copyright holder.' to the license reference or copy.</para>
148
149  <para>B. To prohibit any publication of this work or derivative works in
150  whole or in part in standard (paper) book form for commercial purposes
151  is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright
152  holder.</para>
153
154  <para>To accomplish this, add the phrase 'Distribution of the work or
155  derivative of the work in any standard (paper) book form is prohibited
156  unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder.' to the
157  license reference or copy.</para>
158
159</sect1>
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