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3 <appendix id="cha:opl">
4 <title>Open Publication License</title>
5
6 <para>Version 1.0, 8 June 1999</para>
7
8 <sect1>
9 <title>Requirements on both unmodified and modified
10 versions</title>
11
12 <para>The Open Publication works may be reproduced and distributed
13 in whole or in part, in any medium physical or electronic,
14 provided that the terms of this license are adhered to, and that
15 this license or an incorporation of it by reference (with any
16 options elected by the author(s) and/or publisher) is displayed
17 in the reproduction.</para>
18
19 <para>Proper form for an incorporation by reference is as
20 follows:</para>
21
22 <blockquote>
23 <para> Copyright (c) <emphasis>year</emphasis> by
24 <emphasis>author's name or designee</emphasis>. This material
25 may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions
26 set forth in the Open Publication License,
27 v<emphasis>x.y</emphasis> or later (the latest version is
28 presently available at <ulink
29 url="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/">http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/</ulink>).</para>
30 </blockquote>
31
32 <para>The reference must be immediately followed with any options
33 elected by the author(s) and/or publisher of the document (see
34 section <xref linkend="sec:opl:options"/>).</para>
35
36 <para>Commercial redistribution of Open Publication-licensed
37 material is permitted.</para>
38
39 <para>Any publication in standard (paper) book form shall require
40 the citation of the original publisher and author. The publisher
41 and author's names shall appear on all outer surfaces of the
42 book. On all outer surfaces of the book the original publisher's
43 name shall be as large as the title of the work and cited as
44 possessive with respect to the title.</para>
45
46 </sect1>
47 <sect1>
48 <title>Copyright</title>
49
50 <para>The copyright to each Open Publication is owned by its
51 author(s) or designee.</para>
52
53 </sect1>
54 <sect1>
55 <title>Scope of license</title>
56
57 <para>The following license terms apply to all Open Publication
58 works, unless otherwise explicitly stated in the
59 document.</para>
60
61 <para>Mere aggregation of Open Publication works or a portion of
62 an Open Publication work with other works or programs on the
63 same media shall not cause this license to apply to those other
64 works. The aggregate work shall contain a notice specifying the
65 inclusion of the Open Publication material and appropriate
66 copyright notice.</para>
67
68 <para><emphasis role="bold">Severability</emphasis>. If any part
69 of this license is found to be unenforceable in any
70 jurisdiction, the remaining portions of the license remain in
71 force.</para>
72
73 <para><emphasis role="bold">No warranty</emphasis>. Open
74 Publication works are licensed and provided <quote>as is</quote>
75 without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but
76 not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and
77 fitness for a particular purpose or a warranty of
78 non-infringement.</para>
79
80 </sect1>
81 <sect1>
82 <title>Requirements on modified works</title>
83
84 <para>All modified versions of documents covered by this license,
85 including translations, anthologies, compilations and partial
86 documents, must meet the following requirements:</para>
87
88 <orderedlist>
89 <listitem><para>The modified version must be labeled as
90 such.</para>
91 </listitem>
92 <listitem><para>The person making the modifications must be
93 identified and the modifications dated.</para>
94 </listitem>
95 <listitem><para>Acknowledgement of the original author and
96 publisher if applicable must be retained according to normal
97 academic citation practices.</para>
98 </listitem>
99 <listitem><para>The location of the original unmodified document
100 must be identified.</para>
101 </listitem>
102 <listitem><para>The original author's (or authors') name(s) may
103 not be used to assert or imply endorsement of the resulting
104 document without the original author's (or authors')
105 permission.</para>
106 </listitem></orderedlist>
107
108 </sect1>
109 <sect1>
110 <title>Good-practice recommendations</title>
111
112 <para>In addition to the requirements of this license, it is
113 requested from and strongly recommended of redistributors
114 that:</para>
115
116 <orderedlist>
117 <listitem><para>If you are distributing Open Publication works
118 on hardcopy or CD-ROM, you provide email notification to the
119 authors of your intent to redistribute at least thirty days
120 before your manuscript or media freeze, to give the authors
121 time to provide updated documents. This notification should
122 describe modifications, if any, made to the document.</para>
123 </listitem>
124 <listitem><para>All substantive modifications (including
125 deletions) be either clearly marked up in the document or
126 else described in an attachment to the document.</para>
127 </listitem>
128 <listitem><para>Finally, while it is not mandatory under this
129 license, it is considered good form to offer a free copy of
130 any hardcopy and CD-ROM expression of an Open
131 Publication-licensed work to its author(s).</para>
132 </listitem></orderedlist>
133
134 </sect1>
135 <sect1 id="sec:opl:options">
136 <title>License options</title>
137
138 <para>The author(s) and/or publisher of an Open
139 Publication-licensed document may elect certain options by
140 appending language to the reference to or copy of the license.
141 These options are considered part of the license instance and
142 must be included with the license (or its incorporation by
143 reference) in derived works.</para>
144
145 <orderedlist>
146 <listitem><para>To prohibit distribution of substantively
147 modified versions without the explicit permission of the
148 author(s). <quote>Substantive modification</quote> is
149 defined as a change to the semantic content of the document,
150 and excludes mere changes in format or typographical
151 corrections.</para>
152 </listitem>
153 <listitem><para> To accomplish this, add the phrase
154 <quote>Distribution of substantively modified versions of
155 this document is prohibited without the explicit
156 permission of the copyright holder.</quote> to the license
157 reference or copy.</para>
158 </listitem>
159 <listitem><para>To prohibit any publication of this work or
160 derivative works in whole or in part in standard (paper)
161 book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior
162 permission is obtained from the copyright holder.</para>
163 </listitem>
164 <listitem><para>To accomplish this, add the phrase
165 <quote>Distribution of the work or derivative of the work in
166 any standard (paper) book form is prohibited unless prior
167 permission is obtained from the copyright holder.</quote>
168 to the license reference or copy.</para>
169 </listitem></orderedlist>
170
171 </sect1>
172 </appendix>
173
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