Open Publication License
Open Publication
License
v1.0, 8 June 1999
I.
REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED VERSIONS
The Open
Publication works may be reproduced and distributed in whole or in part,
in any medium physical or electronic, provided that the terms of this
license are adhered to, and that this license or an incorporation of it by
reference (with any options elected by the author(s) and/or publisher) is
displayed in the reproduction.
Proper form for an incorporation by
reference is as follows:
Copyright (c) <year> by <author's name or
designee>. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, vX.Y or later
(the latest version is presently available at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). The
reference must be immediately followed with any options elected by the
author(s) and/or publisher of the document (see section VI).
Commercial redistribution of Open Publication-licensed material is
permitted.
Any publication in standard (paper) book form shall
require the citation of the original publisher and author. The publisher
and author's names shall appear on all outer surfaces of the book. On all
outer surfaces of the book the original publisher's name shall be as large
as the title of the work and cited as possessive with respect to the
title.
II. COPYRIGHT
The copyright to each Open
Publication is owned by its author(s) or designee.
III.
SCOPE OF LICENSE
The following license terms apply to all Open
Publication works, unless otherwise explicitly stated in the document.
Mere aggregation of Open Publication works or a portion of an Open
Publication work with other works or programs on the same media shall not
cause this license to apply to those other works. The aggregate work shall
contain a notice specifying the inclusion of the Open Publication material
and appropriate copyright notice.
SEVERABILITY. If any part of
this license is found to be unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the
remaining portions of the license remain in force.
NO WARRANTY.
Open Publication works are licensed and provided "as is" without warranty
of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the
implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose
or a warranty of non-infringement.
IV. REQUIREMENTS ON
MODIFIED WORKS
All modified versions of documents covered by
this license, including translations, anthologies, compilations and
partial documents, must meet the following requirements:
- The modified version must be labeled as such.
- The person making the modifications must be identified and the
modifications dated.
- Acknowledgement of the original author and publisher if applicable
must be retained according to normal academic citation practices.
- The location of the original unmodified document must be identified.
- The original author's (or authors') name(s) may not be used to
assert or imply endorsement of the resulting document without the
original author's (or authors') permission.
V.
GOOD-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS
In addition to the requirements
of this license, it is requested from and strongly recommended of
redistributors that:
- If you are distributing Open Publication works on hardcopy or
CD-ROM, you provide email notification to the authors of your intent to
redistribute at least thirty days before your manuscript or media
freeze, to give the authors time to provide updated documents. This
notification should describe modifications, if any, made to the
document.
- All substantive modifications (including deletions) be either
clearly marked up in the document or else described in an attachment to
the document.
- Finally, while it is not mandatory under this license, it is
considered good form to offer a free copy of any hardcopy and CD-ROM
expression of an Open Publication-licensed work to its author(s).
VI. LICENSE OPTIONS
The author(s) and/or
publisher of an Open Publication-licensed document may elect certain
options by appending language to the reference to or copy of the license.
These options are considered part of the license instance and must be
included with the license (or its incorporation by reference) in derived
works.
A. To prohibit distribution of substantively modified
versions without the explicit permission of the author(s). "Substantive
modification" is defined as a change to the semantic content of the
document, and excludes mere changes in format or typographical
corrections.
To accomplish this, add the phrase `Distribution of
substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the
explicit permission of the copyright holder.' to the license reference or
copy.
B. To prohibit any publication of this work or derivative
works in whole or in part in standard (paper) book form for commercial
purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the
copyright holder.
To accomplish this, add the phrase 'Distribution
of the work or derivative of the work in any standard (paper) book form is
prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder.'
to the license reference or copy.
OPEN PUBLICATION POLICY
APPENDIX:
(This is not considered part of the license.)
Open Publication works are available in source format via the Open
Publication home page at http://works.opencontent.org/.
Open Publication authors who want to include their own license on
Open Publication works may do so, as long as their terms are not more
restrictive than the Open Publication license.
If you have
questions about the Open Publication License, please contact David Wiley, and/or the Open
Publication Authors' List at opal@opencontent.org, via email.
To subscribe to the Open Publication Authors' List:
Send
E-mail to opal-request@opencontent.org with the word "subscribe" in the
body.
To post to the Open Publication Authors'
List:
Send E-mail to opal@opencontent.org or simply reply to a previous
post.
To unsubscribe from the Open Publication Authors'
List:
Send E-mail to opal-request@opencontent.org with the word
"unsubscribe" in the body.
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