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- ETHYMONICS FREE MUSIC LICENSE
- Version 1, August 2000
- Copyright (C) 2000, Ethymonics Limited
- Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
- license document, but changing it is not allowed.
- Preamble
- The licenses for most musical works are designed to take away your
- freedom to share the music. By contrast, this Free Music License is
- intended to guarantee your freedom to make copies of a piece of music,
- and charge for this service if you wish. Recipients of those copies
- have the same freedom. The word "Free" in "Free Music License" means
- the freedom to make copies. It does not mean that those copies cannot
- then be sold.
- This license is designed to protect and pass on the right to make
- copies to whoever receives a copy. This encourages wide distribution on
- the artist's behalf. You can apply this license to your own music too.
- To protect the right to copy the music, it is necessary to pass on
- certain requirements that must be followed when the music is copied or
- distributed. For example, if you distribute a piece of music subject to
- this license, even if this is done for a fee, you must give the
- recipients all the rights that you have. You must show them these terms
- so that they know their rights.
- The freedom to copy is protected by two things: (1) Copyright of the
- music, and (2) This license that provides legal permission to copy and
- distribute the music.
- The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
- performance follow.
- FREE MUSIC LICENSE
- TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND PERFORMANCE
- 1. This License applies to any musical work or other type of work which
- has a notice placed by the copyright holder saying that it may be
- distributed under the terms of this Free Music License. The "Music",
- below, refers to any such music or work, whether in a recording,
- performance or other form of musical representation, or any derivative
- work under copyright law: that is to say, a work, in any medium,
- containing the Music or a portion of it, either unaltered, modified and
- or re-performed.
- You may play or perform the Music publicly, for example in a broadcast,
- provided that you make available to listeners the title of the work and
- the name of the Artist. A recording made as a result of the Music being
- played or performed is covered by this License when its contents
- constitute a work based on the Music. If a listener wishes to make
- copies of such a recording, the terms and conditions of this License
- must be made available to them, along with any other information
- required to make and distribute copies according to the terms and
- conditions of this License.
- 2. You may copy and distribute copies of the Music as you receive it,
- in any medium, provided that you:
- (a) conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
- copyright notice;
- (b) keep intact all the notices that refer to this License;
- (c) supply, with each copy of the Music, all significant information
- about the Music, including the title of the work, the name of the
- artist, and the names and roles of all credited personnel;
- (d) supply, to each recipient of the Music, along with the Music,
- either a copy of this License or a clearly visible URL that lets the
- recipient know where to find a copy of this License on the Internet.
- If the information required by (a) to (d) above is not available, for
- example when the Music has been received by making a recording of a
- performance, then this information must be obtained independently and
- no copies can be made or distributed without this information being
- included with each copy of the Music.
- You may, at your option, charge a fee for the act of supplying a copy
- of the Music.
- 3. You may not copy, distribute, perform or sub-license the Music
- except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt to
- otherwise do so is void, and will automatically terminate your rights
- under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or
- rights, from you under this License will not have their Licenses
- terminated as long as such parties remain in full compliance.
- 4. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
- signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to copy,
- distribute, play or perform the Music or any of its derivative works.
- Therefore, by copying, distributing, playing or performing the Music,
- or any of its derivative works, you indicate your acceptance of this
- License to do so, and all of its terms and conditions.
- 5. Each time you redistribute the Music the recipient automatically
- receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute, play
- and or perform the Music subject to the terms and conditions of this
- License. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipient's
- exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for
- enforcing compliance by third parties to this License.
- 6. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of copyright
- infringement or for any reason (not limited to copyright issues),
- conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
- otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
- excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot satisfy
- simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other
- pertinent obligations, then your rights under this License are
- terminated. For example, if an existing agreement would not permit
- royalty-free redistribution of the Music by all those who receive
- copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way to satisfy
- both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from
- redistributing the Music.
- If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under
- any particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to
- apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other
- circumstances.
- It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any
- copyright or other property right claims or to contest validity of any
- such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the
- integrity of a music distribution system, which is implemented by
- copyright and license practices.
- 7. If an activity permitted by this License is restricted in certain
- countries either for copyright or other reasons, the original copyright
- holder who places the Music under this License may add an explicit
- geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries, so that
- distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded.
- In such cases, this License incorporates the limitation as if written
- in the body of this License.
- 8. Ethymonics may publish revised and or new versions of the Free Music
- License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit
- to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new
- problems as they arise.
- Each License is given a distinguishing version number. If the Music
- specifies a version number of this License which applies to it, and
- "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and
- conditions either of that version or any later version published by
- Ethymonics. If the Music does not specify a version number of this
- License, you may choose any version ever published by Ethymonics.
- 9. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Music into another work
- whose distribution conditions are different, write to the composer to
- ask for permission.
- END OF FREE MUSIC LICENSE
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