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OPEN PUBLICATION LICENSE v1.0, 8 June 1999
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I. REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED VERSIONS
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The Open Publication works may be reproduced and distributed in whole or in par
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t, in any medium physical or electronic, provided that the terms of this licens
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e are adhered to, and that this license or an incorporation of it by reference
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(with any options elected by the author(s) and/or publisher) is displayed in th
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e reproduction.
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Proper form for an incorporation by reference is as follows:
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Copyright (c) <year> by <author's name or designee>. This material may be dist
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ributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publicat
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ion License, vX.Y or later (the latest version is presently available at http:/
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/www.opencontent.org/openpub/).
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The reference must be immediately followed with any options elected by the auth
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or(s) and/or publisher of the document (see section VI).
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Commercial redistribution of Open Publication-licensed material is permitted.
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Any publication in standard (paper) book form shall require the citation of the
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original publisher and author. The publisher and author's names shall appear o
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n all outer surfaces of the book. On all outer surfaces of the book the origina
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l publisher's name shall be as large as the title of the work and cited as poss
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essive with respect to the title.
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II. COPYRIGHT
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The copyright to each Open Publication is owned by its author(s) or designee.
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III. SCOPE OF LICENSE
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The following license terms apply to all Open Publication works, unless otherwi
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se explicitly stated in the document.
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Mere aggregation of Open Publication works or a portion of an Open Publication
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work with other works or programs on the same media shall not cause this licens
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e to apply to those other works. The aggregate work shall contain a notice spec
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ifying the inclusion of the Open Publication material and appropriate copyright
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notice.
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SEVERABILITY. If any part of this license is found to be unenforceable in any j
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urisdiction, the remaining portions of the license remain in force.
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NO WARRANTY. Open Publication works are licensed and provided "as is" without w
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arranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the imp
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lied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or a wa
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rranty of non-infringement.
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IV. REQUIREMENTS ON MODIFIED WORKS
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All modified versions of documents covered by this license, including translati
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ons, anthologies, compilations and partial documents, must meet the following r
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equirements:
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1) The modified version must be labeled as such.
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2) The person making the modifications must be identified and the modifications
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dated.
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3) Acknowledgement of the original author and publisher if applicable must be r
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etained according to normal academic citation practices.
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4) The location of the original unmodified document must be identified.
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5) The original author's (or authors') name(s) may not be used to assert or imp
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ly endorsement of the resulting document without the original author's (or auth
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ors') permission.
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V. GOOD-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS
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In addition to the requirements of this license, it is requested from and stron
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gly recommended of redistributors that:
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1) If you are distributing Open Publication works on hardcopy or CD-ROM, you pr
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ovide email notification to the authors of your intent to redistribute at least
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thirty days before your manuscript or media freeze, to give the authors time t
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o provide updated documents. This notification should describe modifications, i
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f any, made to the document.
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2) All substantive modifications (including deletions) be either clearly marked
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up in the document or else described in an attachment to the document.
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Finally, while it is not mandatory under this license, it is considered good fo
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rm to offer a free copy of any hardcopy and CD-ROM expression of an Open Public
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ation-licensed work to its author(s).
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VI. LICENSE OPTIONS
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The author(s) and/or publisher of an Open Publication-licensed document may ele
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ct certain options by appending language to the reference to or copy of the lic
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ense. These options are considered part of the license instance and must be inc
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luded with the license (or its incorporation by reference) in derived works.
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A. To prohibit distribution of substantively modified versions without the expl
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icit permission of the author(s). "Substantive modification" is defined as a ch
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ange to the semantic content of the document, and excludes mere changes in form
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at or typographical corrections.
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To accomplish this, add the phrase `Distribution of substantively modified vers
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ions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copy
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right holder.' to the license reference or copy.
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B. To prohibit any publication of this work or derivative works in whole or in
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part in standard (paper) book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless
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prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder.
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To accomplish this, add the phrase 'Distribution of the work or derivative of t
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he work in any standard (paper) book form is prohibited unless prior permission
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is obtained from the copyright holder.' to the license reference or copy.
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OPEN PUBLICATION POLICY APPENDIX:
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(This is not considered part of the license.)
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Open Publication works are available in source format via the Open Publication
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home page at http://works.opencontent.org/.
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Open Publication authors who want to include their own license on Open Publicat
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ion works may do so, as long as their terms are not more restrictive than the O
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pen Publication license.
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If you have questions about the Open Publication License, please contact TBD, a
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nd/or the Open Publication Authors' List at opal@opencontent.org, via email.
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