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