Section 8 - French law - seems to make it non-free by DFSG standards. FSF lists it as a free documentation license soon after the GFDL. Other than section 8, it seems a simple, GPL-incompatible (due to section 3), copyleft license.
andrew On 4/28/06, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:54:53 +1000 Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > There is a license called the Free Art license, I don't know if that > > is DFSG-free. > > Here's the text, taken from http://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/ > > > > Free Art License > > > [ Copyleft Attitude ] > > version 1.2 > > Preamble : > > With this Free Art License, you are authorised to copy, distribute and > freely transform the work of art while respecting the rights of the > originator. > > Far from ignoring the author's rights, this license recognises them and > protects them. It reformulates their principle while making it possible > for the public to make creative use of the works of art. Whereas current > literary and artistic property rights result in restriction of the > public's access to works of art, the goal of the Free Art License is to > encourage such access. > > The intention is to make work accessible and to authorise the use of its > resources by the greatest number of people: to use it in order to > increase its use, to create new conditions for creation in order to > multiply the possibilities of creation, while respecting the originators > in according them recognition and defending their moral rights. > > In fact, with the arrival of the digital age, the invention of the > Internet and free software, a new approach to creation and production > has made its appearance. It also encourages a continuation of the > process of experimentation undertaken by many contemporary artists. > > Knowledge and creativity are resources which, to be true to themselves, > must remain free, i.e. remain a fundamental search which is not directly > related to a concrete application. Creating means discovering the > unknown, means inventing a reality without any heed to realism. Thus, > the object(ive) of art is not equivalent to the finished and defined art > object. > This is the basic aim of this Free Art License: to promote and protect > artistic practice freed from the rules of the market economy. > > ----------- > > DEFINITIONS > > - The work of art : > A communal work which includes the initial artwork as well as all > subsequent contributions (subsequent originals and copies). It is > created at the initiative of the original artist who, by this license, > defines the conditions according to which the contributions are made. > > - The original work of art : > This is the artwork created by the initiator of the communal work, of > which copies will be modified by whosoever wishes. > > - Subsequent works : > These are the additions put forward by the artists who contribute to the > formation of the work by taking advantage of the right to reproduction, > distribution and modification that this license confers on them. > > - The Original (the work's source or resource) : > A dated example of the work, of its definition, of its partition or of > its program which the originator provides as the reference for all > future updatings, interpretations, copies or reproductions. > > - Copy : > Any reproduction of an original as defined by this license. > > - The author or the artist of the original work of art: > This is the person who created the work which is at the heart of the > ramifications of this modified work of art. By this license, the author > determines the conditions under which these modifications are made. > > - Contributor: > Any person who contributes to the creation of the work of art. He is the > author or the artist of an original art object resulting from the > modification of a copy of the initial artwork or the modification of a > copy of a subsequent work of art. > > ----------- > > 1. AIMS > > The aim of this license is to define the conditions according to which > you can use this work freely. > > 2. EXTENT OF THE USAGE > > This work of art is subject to copyright, and the author, by this > license, specifies the extent to which you can copy, distribute and > modify it. > > 2.1 FREEDOM TO COPY (OR OF REPRODUCTION) > > You have the right to copy this work of art for your personal use, for > your friends or for any other person, by employing whatever technique > you choose. > > 2.2 FREEDOM TO DISTRIBUTE, TO INTERPRET (OR OF REPRESENTATION) > > You can freely distribute the copies of these works, modified or not, > whatever their medium, wherever you wish, for a fee or for free, if you > observe all the following conditions: > - attach this license, in its entirety, to the copies or indicate > precisely where the license can be found, > - specify to the recipient the name of the author of the originals, > - specify to the recipient where he will be able to access the originals > (original and subsequent). The author of the original may, if he wishes, > give you the right to broadcast/distribute the original under the same > conditions as the copies. > > 2.3 FREEDOM TO MODIFY > > You have the right to modify the copies of the originals (original and > subsequent), partially or otherwise, respecting the conditions set out > in article 2.2 , in the event of distribution (or representation) of the > modified copy. The author of the original may, if he wishes, give you > the right to modify the original under the same conditions as the > copies. > > 3. INCORPORATION OF ARTWORK > > All the elements of this work of art must remain free, which is why you > are not allowed to integrate the originals (originals and subsequents) > into another work which would not be subject to this license. > > 4. YOUR AUTHOR'S RIGHTS > > The object of this license is not to deny your author's rights on your > contribution. By choosing to contribute to the evolution of this work of > art, you only agree to give to others the same rights with regard to > your contribution as those which were granted to you by this license. > > 5. DURATION OF THE LICENCE > > This license takes effect as of your acceptance of its provisions. The > fact of copying, distributing, or of modifying the work constitutes a > tacit agreement. This license will remain in force for as long as the > copyright which is attached to the work of art. If you do not respect > the terms of this license, you automatically lose the rights that it > confers. If the legal status to which you are subject makes it > impossible for you to respect the terms of this license, you may not > make use of the rights which it confers. > > 6. VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THE LICENCE > > This license may undergo periodic modifications to incorporate > improvements by its authors (instigators of the "copyleft attitude" > movement) by way of new, numbered versions. > > You will have the choice of accepting the provisions contained in the > version under which the copy was communicated to you, or alternatively, > to use the provisions of one of the subsequent versions. > > 7. SUB-LICENSING > > Sub-licenses are not authorized by the present license. Any person who > wishes to make use of the rights that it confers will be directly bound > to the author of the original work. > > 8. THE LAW APPLICABLE TO THIS CONTRACT > > This license is subject to French law. > > ---------- > > DIRECTIONS FOR USE : > > - How to use the Free Art license? > > To benefit from the Free Art License, it is enough to specify the > following on your work of art: > > [- A few lines to indicate the name of the work and to give an idea of > what it is.] > [- A few lines to describe, if necessary, the modified work of art and > give the name of the author/artist.] > Copyright (c) [the date] [name of the author or artist] (if appropriate, > specify the names of the previous authors or artists) > Copyleft: this work of art is free, you can redistribute it and/or > modify it according to terms of the Free Art license. > You will find a specimen of this license on the site Copyleft Attitude > http://artlibre.org as well as on other sites. > > - Why use the Free Art license? > > 1 / to give the greatest number of people access to your work. > > 2 / to allow it to be freely distributed. > > 3 / to allow it to evolve by authorising its transformation by others. > > 4 / to be able, yourself, to use the resources of a work when it is > under Free Art license: to copy, distribute or transform it freely. > > 5 / This is not all: because the use of the Free Art License is also a > good way to take liberties with the marketing system generated by the > dominant economy. The Free Art License offers a useful legal protocol to > prevent abusive appropriation. It will no longer be possible for someone > to appropriate your work, short-circuiting the creative process to make > personal profit from it. Helping yourself to a collective work in > progress will be forbidden, as will monopolising the resources of an > evolving creation for the benefit of a few. > > The Free Art License advocates an economy appropriate for art, based on > sharing, exchange and joyful giving. What counts in art is also and > mostly what is not counted. > > - When to use the Free Art License ? > > It is not the goal of the Free Art License to eliminate copyright or > author's rights. Quite the opposite, it is about reformulating the > relevance of these rights while taking today's environment into account. > It is about the right to freedom of movement, to free copying and to > free transformation of works of art. The right to work in freedom for > art and artists. > > 1 / Each time you want to use or put this right into practice, use the > Free Art License. > > 2 / Each time you want to create works which can evolve and be freely > copied, freely distributed and freely transformed: use the Free Art > License. > > 3 / Each time you want to have the possibility of copying, distributing > or transforming a work: check that it is under Free Art License. If it > is not, you are liable to be breaking the law. > > - To which types of art can the Free Art License be applied? > > This license can be applied to digital as well as to non-digital art. It > was born out of observation of the world of free software and the > Internet, but its applicability is not limited to the digital media. You > can put a painting, a novel, a sculpture, a drawing, a piece of music, a > poem, an installation, a video, a film, a recipe, a CD-rom, a Web site, > or a performance under the Free Art License, in short any creation which > has some claim to be a work of art. > > This license has a history: it was born at the meeting " Copyleft > Attitude " which took place at "Accès Local" and "Public" in Paris at > the beginning of the year 2000. For the first time, it brought computer > specialists and freeware activists together with contemporary artists > and members of the art world. > > Traduction : Antoine Schmitt et Tina Horne. > > Cette page a été éditée le 20/07/2005 > > > > > -- > :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) > ...................................................................... > Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 > Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 > > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC user - http://www.opennic.unrated.net
