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== Summary ==<br />
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This document defines "Free Cultural Works" as works or expressions which can be freely studied, applied, copied and/or modified, by anyone, for any purpose. It also describes certain permissible restrictions that respect or protect these essential freedoms. The definition distinguishes between ''free works'', and ''[[licenses|free licenses]]'' which can be used to legally protect the status of a free work. The definition itself is ''not'' a license; it is a tool to determine whether a work or license should be considered "free."<br />
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== Preamble ==<br />
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Social and technological advances make it possible for a growing part of humanity to ''access, create, modify, publish and distribute'' various kinds of works - artworks, scientific and educational materials, software, articles - in short: ''anything that can be represented in digital form''. Many communities have formed to exercise those new possibilities and create a wealth of collectively re-usable works.<br />
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Most authors, whatever their field of activity, whatever their amateur or professional status, have a genuine interest in favoring an ecosystem where works can be spread, re-used and derived in creative ways. The easier it is to re-use and derive works, the richer our cultures become. <br />
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To ensure the graceful functioning of this ecosystem, works of authorship should be '''free''', and by ''freedom'' we mean:<br />
* the '''freedom to use''' the work and enjoy the benefits of using it<br />
* the '''freedom to study''' the work and to apply knowledge acquired from it<br />
* the '''freedom to make and redistribute copies''', in whole or in part, of the information or expression<br />
* the '''freedom to make changes and improvements''', and to distribute derivative works<br />
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If authors do not take action, their works are covered by existing copyright laws, which severely limit what others can and cannot do. Authors can make their works free by choosing among a number of legal documents known as licenses. For an author, choosing to put their work under a ''free license'' does not mean that they lose all their rights, but it gives to anyone the freedoms listed above.<br />
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It is important that any work that claims to be free provides, practically and without any risk, the aforementioned freedoms. This is why we hereafter give a precise '''definition of freedom''' for licenses and for works of authorship.<br />
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== Identifying Free Cultural Works ==<br />
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This is the ''Definition of Free Cultural Works'', and when describing your work, we encourage you to make reference to this definition, as in, "This is a freely licensed work, as explained in the ''Definition of Free Cultural Works''." If you do not like the term "Free Cultural Work," you can use the generic term "Free Content," or refer instead to one of the [[Existing Movements|existing movements]] that express similar freedoms in more specific contexts. We also encourage you to use the [[logos and buttons|Free Cultural Works logos and buttons]], which are in the public domain.<br />
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Please be advised that such identification does ''not'' actually confer the rights described in this definition; for your work to be truly free, it must use one of the Free Culture [[Licenses]] or be in the public domain.<br />
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We discourage you to use other terms to identify Free Cultural Works which do not convey a clear definition of freedom, such as "Open Content" and "Open Access." These terms are often used to refer to content which is available under "less restrictive" terms than those of existing copyright laws, or even for works that are just "available on the Web".<br />
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== Defining Free Culture Licenses ==<br />
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Licenses are legal instruments through which the owner of certain legal rights may transfer these rights to third parties. Free Culture Licenses do not take any rights away -- they are always optional to accept, and if accepted, they grant freedoms which copyright law alone does not provide. When accepted, they never limit or reduce existing exemptions in copyright laws.<br />
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=== Essential freedoms ===<br />
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In order to be recognized as "free" under this definition, a license must grant the following freedoms without limitation:<br />
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* '''The freedom to use and perform the work:''' The licensee must be allowed to make any use, private or public, of the work. For kinds of works where it is relevant, this freedom should include all derived uses ("related rights") such as performing or interpreting the work. There must be no exception regarding, for example, political or religious considerations.<br />
* '''The freedom to study the work and apply the information:''' The licensee must be allowed to examine the work and to use the knowledge gained from the work in any way. The license may not, for example, restrict "reverse engineering".<br />
* '''The freedom to redistribute copies:''' Copies may be sold, swapped or given away for free, as part of a larger work, a collection, or independently. There must be no limit on the amount of information that can be copied. There must also not be any limit on who can copy the information or on where the information can be copied.<br />
* '''The freedom to distribute derivative works:''' In order to give everyone the ability to improve upon a work, the license must not limit the freedom to distribute a modified version (or, for physical works, a work somehow derived from the original), regardless of the intent and purpose of such modifications. However, some restrictions may be applied to protect these essential freedoms or the attribution of authors (see below).<br />
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=== Permissible restrictions ===<br />
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Not all restrictions on the use or distribution of works impede essential freedoms. In particular, requirements for attribution, for symmetric collaboration (i.e., "copyleft"), and for the protection of essential freedom are considered [[permissible restrictions]].<br />
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== Defining Free Cultural Works ==<br />
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In order to be considered free, a work ''must'' be covered by a Free Culture License, or its legal status ''must'' provide the same ''essential freedoms'' enumerated above. It is not, however, a sufficient condition. Indeed, a specific work may be non-free in other ways that restrict the essential freedoms. These are the additional conditions in order for a work to be considered free:<br />
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* '''Availability of source data:''' Where a final work has been obtained through the compilation or processing of a source file or multiple source files, all underlying source data should be available alongside the work itself under the same conditions. This can be the score of a musical composition, the models used in a 3D scene, the data of a scientific publication, the source code of a computer application, or any other such information. <br />
* '''Use of a free format:''' For digital files, the format in which the work is made available should not be protected by patents, unless a world-wide, unlimited and irrevocable royalty-free grant is given to make use of the patented technology. While non-free formats may sometimes be used for practical reasons, a free format copy ''must'' be available for the work to be considered free.<br />
* '''No technical restrictions:''' The work must be available in a form where no technical measures are used to limit the freedoms enumerated above.<br />
* '''No other restrictions or limitations:''' The work itself must not be covered by legal restrictions (patents, contracts, etc.) or limitations (such as privacy rights) which would impede the freedoms enumerated above. A work may make use of existing legal exemptions to copyright (in order to cite copyrighted works), though only the portions of it which are unambiguously free constitute a free work.<br />
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In other words, whenever the user of a work cannot legally or practically exercise his or her basic freedoms, the work cannot be considered and should not be called "free."<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
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* See [[Licenses]] for discussion of individual licenses, and whether they meet this definition or not.<br />
* See [[History]] for acknowledgments and background on this definition.<br />
* See the [[FAQ]] for some questions and answers.<br />
* See [[Portal:Index]] for topic-specific pages about free cultural works.<br />
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== Versioning ==<br />
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New versions of this definition shall be released as soon as a consensus (achieved directly or through a vote, as per the [[authoring process]]) has developed around suggested changes. Numbering shall be 0.x for initial draft releases, 1.x, 2.x .. for major releases, x.1, x.2 .. for minor releases. A minor release is made when the text is modified in ways which do not have an impact on the scope of existing or hypothetical licenses covered by this definition.<br />
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<div>== Official logo ==<br />
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The official logo of the Definition of Free Cultural Works was designed by [http://falzon.info/ Marc Falzon], and placed in the public domain:<br />
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[[Image:Mfalzon-freecontent logo01--wikilogo.png]]<br />
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An SVG copy can be found [[Media:Official-logo.svg|here]]<br />
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The logo represents both the diversity of human culture, and the openness and freedom to interact with free cultural works.<br />
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Please feel free to create derivatives of this logo, and [[Special:Upload|upload them]] to this wiki.<br />
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== Buttons == <br />
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<div style="background-color: #ffeeee; font-weight: bold; border: 1px solid red; padding: .5em; text-align: center;">Please note that simply adding a button does not license your work in any way. You have to clearly state which license you use. One way of doing that is making the link point to the license, and having an explicit statement "''This work is licensed under the ... license''" below the work. To ensure that the page is indexed by search engines with the appropriate "usage rights," use ''rel="license"'' in the HTML code for link.</div><br />
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=== AMYMADE's buttons ===<br />
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The following set of buttons were designed by [http://www.amymade.com/ AMYMADE] with the support of the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation] and represents our official recommendation:<br />
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[[Image:CCBY_black.png]] [[Image:CCBYSA_black.png]] [[Image:GFDL_black.png]] [[Image:GPL_black.png]] [[Image:LGPL_black.png]] [[Image:PUB_black.png]]<br />
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[[Image:CCBY_red.png]] [[Image:CCBYSA_red.png]] [[Image:GFDL_red.png]] [[Image:GPL_red.png]] [[Image:LGPL_red.png]] [[Image:PUB_red.png]]<br />
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[[Image:CCBY_yellow.png]] [[Image:CCBYSA_yellow.png]] [[Image:GFDL_yellow.png]] [[Image:GPL_yellow.png]] [[Image:LGPL_yellow.png]] [[Image:PUB_yellow.png]]<br />
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These buttons are in the public domain. Which color you use is your choice; we suggest red for music, black for science and software, and yellow for everything else.<br />
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=== Rational's buttons ===<br />
The following set of buttons were designed RationalBob using Adobe Illustrator:<br />
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[[Image:OERlogoOrangeCCBY.png]] [[Image:OERlogoOrangeCCBYSA.png]] [[Image:OERlogoOrangeGFDL.png]] [[Image:OERlogoOrangeGPL.png]] [[Image:OERlogoOrangeLGPL.png]] [[Image:OERlogoOrangepPublic.png]]<br />
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=== Small buttons ===<br />
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This is the cleanest set so far and it comes with a [[:Image:Definition of Free Cultural Works button small.svg|template]].<br />
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[[Image:Attribution button small.png]] [[Image:Sharealike button small.png]] [[Image:GFDL 1.2 button small.png]] [[Image:PD button small.png]]<br />
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=== Inkwina's icons ===<br />
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[[Image:GNU FDL.png]] [[Image:FreeBSD.png]] [[Image:GNU FDL alt.png]] [[Image:CC-BY-SA.png]]<br />
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The svg versions [[:Image:CC-BY-SA.svg|CC-BY-SA.svg]] and [[:Image:GNU_FDL.svg|Image:GNU_FDL.svg]] do not display well online. They where created using Inkscape, and the SVG hasn't been cleaned up. But the [[:Image:Blank button.svg|Blank button.svg]] can be used to generate more buttons. --[[User:Inkwina|Inkwina]] 15:01, 22 February 2007 (CET)<br />
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=== Other button styles ===<br />
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[[Image:By-sa-button2.png]] [[Image:By-button.png]] [[Image:Pd-button.png]]<br />
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Slightly different style:<br />
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[[Image:By-sa-button.png]]<br />
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Again a different style - contributed by Jörg Petri:<br />
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[[Image:Pd2.gif]] [[Image:Pd_1.gif]]<br />
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=== sirgazil's buttons ===<br />
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A seal-like button ([[:Image:Sirgazil-logomod.svg | SVG source file]]).<br />
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[[File:Sirgazil-logomod.png]]<br />
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=== License Classification Icons by Terry Hancock ===<br />
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These are meant to be generic analogs to Creative Commons' "license deed" icons (The CC icons are subject to trademark. I intend these icons to be different enough to avoid any trademark dispute or confusion, but similar enough to facilitate communication). Unlike the CC icons, these do not map to particular detailed license modules, but rather indicate general classes of licenses.<br />
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So far, these are the only ones I could think of needing for free licenses, but I am interested in hearing suggestions for what additional requirements we ought to have icons for:<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_pd.svg]] "Public Domain" or "No Requirements".<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_by.svg]] "Attribution" requirement.<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_sa.svg]] "Copyleft" or "Share Alike" requirement.<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_sc.svg]] "Source Code" requirement.<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_drm.svg]] "No DRM/TPM" requirement.<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_hard.svg]] "Production Copyleft" (a proposal for effective copyleft on hardware designs)<br />
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I also have some "non-free" icons for license comparison purposes, along with color-coded versions of the above (black="null", green="maximal individual freedom", blue="maximal maintenance of freedom", yellow="semi-free or free within a limited domain", red="not free at all"). I recommend these icons for use where free and non-free licenses will be compared with each other:<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_pd.svg]] "Public Domain" (same as above)<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_by_grn.svg]] "Attribution"<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_sa_blu.svg]] "Copyleft"<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_sc_blu.svg]] "Source Code"<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_drm_blu.svg]] "No DRM/TPM"<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_nc.svg]] "Non-Commercial"<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_nd.svg]] "Non-Derivative"<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_arr.svg]] "All Rights Reserved"<br />
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Here are a set of icons representing the Four_freedoms:<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_use.svg]] Freedom #1: Use/Performance<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_study.svg]] Freedom #2: Understanding<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_copy.svg]] Freedom #3: Copying and Distribution<br />
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[[Image:Fd_sq_icon_add.svg]] Freedom #4: Derivatives<br />
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== License description pages ==<br />
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For each license, we will try to create a description page. Here are some examples:<br />
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* [[Licenses/CC-BY-2.5]] - Creative Commons CC-BY 2.5<br />
* [[Licenses/CC-BY-SA-2.5]] - Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 2.5<br />
* [[Licenses/GNU GPL 2]] - GNU General Public License 2<br />
* [[Licenses/GNU FDL 1.2]] - GNU Free Documentation License 1.2<br />
* [[Public domain]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Creative Commons mark]]</div>Sirgazilhttps://freedomdefined.org/index.php?title=File:Sirgazil-logomod.png&diff=8913File:Sirgazil-logomod.png2010-12-20T18:16:20Z<p>Sirgazil: Seal-like button preview.</p>
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<div>Seal-like button source file.</div>Sirgazil