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- The Green OpenMusic License
-
- This is the Green OML. It resembles closely the
- liberties granted by the GPL for music. If you really
- want to make Free Music, you should use this license.
- If you need more restrictions, use the yellow or red
- color.
-
- The License
-
- LinuxTag Green OpenMusic License
- Draft v1.1, 22 April 2001
-
- I. REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED
- VERSIONS
-
- The OpenMusic 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
- Green OpenMusic License, vX.Y or later (the latest
- version is presently available at
- http://openmusic.linuxtag.org/). The reference must
- be immediately followed with any options elected by
- the author(s) and/or publisher of the work (see
- section VI). The refence must be incoporated in any
- publication of the work, either physical or
- electronic. If the work is broadcasted, or the
- reference can not be incorporated by physical means,
- the reference can be ommitted with prior permission
- obtained from the copyright holder.
-
- Commercial redistribution of OpenMusic-licensed
- material is permitted.
-
- Any publication in physical form (like a CD) shall
- require the citation of the original publisher and
- author. The publisher and author's names shall appear
- on all outer surfaces of the product. On all outer
- surfaces of the product 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 OpenMusic is owned by its
- author(s) or designee. If the work covered by this
- license is bound to a specific transport medium (see
- section VI), it is possible for the author(s) or
- designee to publish the work on a different medium
- covered by a different license.
-
- III. SCOPE OF LICENSE
-
- The following license terms apply to all OpenMusic
- works, unless otherwise explicitly stated.
-
- Mere aggregation of OpenMusic works or a portion of
- an OpenMusic work with other works 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 OpenMusic 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. OpenMusic 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 works covered by this
- license, including partial works incorporated into
- new works, must meet the following requirements:
-
- * The modified version must be labeled as such.
- * The person making the modifications must be
- identified and the modifications dated.
- * The location of the original unmodified work
- must be identified.
- * The original author's (or authors') name(s) may
- not be used to assert or imply endorsement of
- the resulting work without the original author's
- (or authors') permission.
- * The new work has to be released under precisely
- this License, with the modified version filling
- the role of the work, thus licensing
- distribution and modification of the modified
- version to whoever possesses a copy of it.
-
- V. GOOD-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS
-
- In addition to the requirements of this license, it
- is requested from and strongly recommended of
- redistributors that: If you are distributing
- OpenMusic works in physical form, you provide email
- notification to the authors of your intent to
- redistribute at least thirty days before your media
- freeze, to give the authors time to provide updated
- works. This notification should describe
- modifications, if any, made to the work. All
- substantive modifications (including deletions) be
- described in an attachment to the work. Finally,
- while it is not mandatory under this license, it is
- considered good form to offer a free copy of any
- physical form expression of an OpenMusic-licensed
- work to its author(s).
-
- VI. MEDIA LOCKING OPTION
-
- The author(s) and/or publisher of an
- OpenMusic-licensed document may bind any publication
- of this work or derivative works in whole or in part
- on a specific transport medium (for example "digital
- distribution via the Internet"). Exceptions can be
- made with prior permission from the copyright holder.
-
- This option is selected by appending language to the
- reference to or copy of the license. This option is
- considered part of the license instance and must be
- included with the license (or its incorporation by
- reference) in derived works.
-
- To accomplish this, add the phrase "Distribution of
- the work or derivative of the work is restricted to
- <insert medium here> unless prior permission is
- obtained from the copyright holder." to the license
- reference or copy.
-
- OPEN MUSIC POLICY APPENDIX:
-
- (This is not considered part of the license.)
-
- OpenMusic works are available in source format via
- the OpenMusic home page at
- http://openmusic.linuxtag.org/.
-
- OpenMusic artists who want to include their own
- license on OpenMusic works may do so, as long as
- their terms are not more restrictive than the
- OpenMusic license.
-
- If you have questions about the OpenMusic license,
- please contact LinuxTag e.V., and/or the OpenMusic
- Artists' List at openartists@linuxtag.org, via email.
-
- To subscribe to the OpenMusic Artists' List: Send
- E-mail to openartists-request@linuxtag.org.
-
- To post to the Open Publication Authors' List: Send
- E-mail to openartists@linuxtag.org or simply reply to
- a previous post.
-
- To unsubscribe from the OpenMusic Artists' List: Send
- E-mail to majordomo@linuxtag.org with the words
- "unsubscribe openartists" in the body of the mail.
-