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Open Publication License
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URL: http://opencontent.org/openpub/
Type: Content
Media: Document
Country: International
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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:
V. GOOD-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS
In addition to the requirements of this license, it is requested
from and strongly recommended of redistributors that:
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.
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