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  <title>Open Publication License</title>

  <para id="x_638">Version 1.0, 8 June 1999</para>

  <sect1>
    <title>Requirements on both unmodified and modified
      versions</title>

    <para id="x_639">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.</para>

    <para id="x_63a">Proper form for an incorporation by reference is as
      follows:</para>

    <blockquote>
      <para id="x_63b">  Copyright (c) <emphasis>year</emphasis> by
	<emphasis>author's name or designee</emphasis>. This material
	may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions
	set forth in the Open Publication License,
	v<emphasis>x.y</emphasis> or later (the latest version is
	presently available at <ulink
	  url="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/">http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/</ulink>).</para>
    </blockquote>

    <para id="x_63c">The reference must be immediately followed with any options
      elected by the author(s) and/or publisher of the document (see
      <xref linkend="sec:opl:options"/>).</para>

    <para id="x_63d">Commercial redistribution of Open Publication-licensed
      material is permitted.</para>

    <para id="x_63e">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.</para>

  </sect1>
  <sect1>
    <title>Copyright</title>

    <para id="x_63f">The copyright to each Open Publication is owned by its
      author(s) or designee.</para>

  </sect1>
  <sect1>
    <title>Scope of license</title>

    <para id="x_640">The following license terms apply to all Open Publication
      works, unless otherwise explicitly stated in the
      document.</para>

    <para id="x_641">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.</para>

    <para id="x_642"><emphasis role="bold">Severability</emphasis>. If any part
      of this license is found to be unenforceable in any
      jurisdiction, the remaining portions of the license remain in
      force.</para>

    <para id="x_643"><emphasis role="bold">No warranty</emphasis>. Open
      Publication works are licensed and provided <quote>as is</quote>
      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.</para>

  </sect1>
  <sect1>
    <title>Requirements on modified works</title>

    <para id="x_644">All modified versions of documents covered by this license,
      including translations, anthologies, compilations and partial
      documents, must meet the following requirements:</para>

    <orderedlist>
      <listitem><para id="x_645">The modified version must be labeled as
	  such.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem><para id="x_646">The person making the modifications must be
	  identified and the modifications dated.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem><para id="x_647">Acknowledgement of the original author and
	  publisher if applicable must be retained according to normal
	  academic citation practices.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem><para id="x_648">The location of the original unmodified document
	  must be identified.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem><para id="x_649">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.</para>
      </listitem></orderedlist>

  </sect1>
  <sect1>
    <title>Good-practice recommendations</title>

    <para id="x_64a">In addition to the requirements of this license, it is
      requested from and strongly recommended of redistributors
      that:</para>

    <orderedlist>
      <listitem><para id="x_64b">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.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem><para id="x_64c">All substantive modifications (including
	  deletions) be either clearly marked up in the document or
	  else described in an attachment to the document.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem><para id="x_64d">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).</para>
      </listitem></orderedlist>

  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="sec:opl:options">
    <title>License options</title>

    <para id="x_64e">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.</para>

    <orderedlist>
      <listitem><para id="x_64f">To prohibit distribution of substantively
	  modified versions without the explicit permission of the
	  author(s). <quote>Substantive modification</quote> is
	  defined as a change to the semantic content of the document,
	  and excludes mere changes in format or typographical
	  corrections.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem><para id="x_650">  To accomplish this, add the phrase
	  <quote>Distribution of substantively modified versions of
	    this document is prohibited without the explicit
	    permission of the copyright holder.</quote> to the license
	  reference or copy.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem><para id="x_651">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.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem><para id="x_652">To accomplish this, add the phrase
	  <quote>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.</quote>
	  to the license reference or copy.</para>
      </listitem></orderedlist>

  </sect1>
</appendix>

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