1 Open Publication License
5 I. REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED VERSIONS
7 The Open Publication works may be reproduced and distributed in whole or in
8 part, in any medium physical or electronic, provided that the terms of this
9 license are adhered to, and that this license or an incorporation of it by
10 reference (with any options elected by the author(s) and/or publisher) is
11 displayed in the reproduction.
13 Proper form for an incorporation by reference is as follows:
15 Copyright (c) <year> by <author's name or designee>. This material
16 may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set
17 forth in the Open Publication License, vX.Y or later (the latest
18 version is presently available at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/).
20 The reference must be immediately followed with any options elected by the
21 author(s) and/or publisher of the document (see section VI).
23 Commercial redistribution of Open Publication-licensed material is permitted.
25 Any publication in standard (paper) book form shall require the citation of
26 the original publisher and author. The publisher and author's names shall
27 appear on all outer surfaces of the book. On all outer surfaces of the book
28 the original publisher's name shall be as large as the title of the work
29 and cited as possessive with respect to the title.
34 The copyright to each Open Publication is owned by its author(s) or designee.
39 The following license terms apply to all Open Publication works, unless
40 otherwise explicitly stated in the document.
42 Mere aggregation of Open Publication works or a portion of an Open Publication
43 work with other works or programs on the same media shall not cause this
44 license to apply to those other works. The aggregate work shall contain a
45 notice specifying the inclusion of the Open Publication material and
46 appropriate copyright notice.
48 SEVERABILITY. If any part of this license is found to be unenforceable in any
49 jurisdiction, the remaining portions of the license remain in force.
51 NO WARRANTY. Open Publication works are licensed and provided "as is" without
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53 implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or
54 a warranty of non-infringement.
57 IV. REQUIREMENTS ON MODIFIED WORKS
59 All modified versions of documents covered by this license, including
60 translations, anthologies, compilations and partial documents, must meet
61 the following requirements:
63 1. The modified version must be labeled as such.
65 2. The person making the modifications must be identified and the
68 3. Acknowledgement of the original author and publisher if applicable
69 must be retained according to normal academic citation practices.
71 4. The location of the original unmodified document must be identified.
73 5. The original author's (or authors') name(s) may not be used to assert
74 or imply endorsement of the resulting document without the original
75 author's (or authors') permission.
78 V. GOOD-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS
80 In addition to the requirements of this license, it is requested from and
81 strongly recommended of redistributors that:
83 1. If you are distributing Open Publication works on hardcopy or CD-ROM,
84 you provide email notification to the authors of your intent to
85 redistribute at least thirty days before your manuscript or media freeze,
86 to give the authors time to provide updated documents. This notification
87 should describe modifications, if any, made to the document.
89 2. All substantive modifications (including deletions) be either clearly
90 marked up in the document or else described in an attachment to the
93 3. Finally, while it is not mandatory under this license, it is considered
94 good form to offer a free copy of any hardcopy and CD-ROM expression of
95 an Open Publication-licensed work to its author(s).
100 The author(s) and/or publisher of an Open Publication-licensed document may
101 elect certain options by appending language to the reference to or copy of the
102 license. These options are considered part of the license instance and must be
103 included with the license (or its incorporation by reference) in derived works.
105 A. To prohibit distribution of substantively modified versions without the
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107 as a change to the semantic content of the document, and excludes mere changes
108 in format or typographical corrections.
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114 B. To prohibit any publication of this work or derivative works in whole or
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116 unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder.
118 To accomplish this, add the phrase 'Distribution of the work or derivative of
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120 permission is obtained from the copyright holder.' to the license reference
124 OPEN PUBLICATION POLICY APPENDIX:
126 (This is not considered part of the license.)
128 Open Publication works are available in source format via the Open Publication
129 home page at http://works.opencontent.org/.
131 Open Publication authors who want to include their own license on Open
132 Publication works may do so, as long as their terms are not more restrictive
133 than the Open Publication license.
135 If you have questions about the Open Publication License, please contact
136 David Wiley, and/or the Open Publication Authors' List at opal@opencontent.org,