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  <para id="opl.permission">
    Permission is granted to copy, distribute, and/or modify this
    document under the terms of the Open Publication Licence, Version
    1.0, or any later version. The terms of the OPL are set out below.
  </para>
  <section id="opl.require">
    <title>REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED VERSIONS</title>

    <para>
      Open Publication 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.
    </para>

    <para>
      Proper form for an incorporation by reference is as follows:
    </para>

    <para>
      Copyright (c) &lt;year&gt; by &lt;author's name or designee&gt;.
      This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and
      conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, vX.Y or
      later (the latest version is presently available at
      <ulink
    url="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/"/>
    </para>

    <para>
      The reference must be immediately followed with any options
      elected by the author(s) and/or publisher of the document (see
      section VI). Commercial redistribution of Open
      Publication-licensed material is permitted. Any publication in
      standard (paper) book form shall require the citation of the
      original publisher and author. The publisher and author's names
      shall appear on all outer surfaces of the book. On all outer
      surfaces of the book the original publisher's name shall be as
      large as the title of the work and cited as possessive with
      respect to the title.
    </para>
  </section>
  <section id="opl.copyright">
    <title>COPYRIGHT</title>

    <para>
      The copyright to each Open Publication is owned by its author(s)
      or designee.
    </para>
  </section>
  <section id="opl.scope">
    <title>SCOPE OF LICENSE</title>

    <para>
      The following license terms apply to all Open Publication works,
      unless otherwise explicitly stated in the document.
    </para>

    <para>
      Mere aggregation of Open Publication works or a portion of an Open
      Publication work with other works or programs 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 Open Publication material and appropriate copyright notice.
    </para>

    <para>
      SEVERABILITY. If any part of this license is found to be
      unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the remaining portions of the
      license remain in force.
    </para>

    <para>
      NO WARRANTY. Open Publication 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.
    </para>
  </section>
  <section id="opl.modified.works">
    <title>REQUIREMENTS ON MODIFIED WORKS</title>

    <para>
      All modified versions of documents covered by this license,
      including translations, anthologies, compilations and partial
      documents, must meet the following requirements:
    </para>

    <para>
      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            The modified version must be labeled as such.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            The person making the modifications must be identified and
            the modifications dated.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Acknowledgement of the original author and publisher if
            applicable must be retained according to normal academic
            citation practices.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            The location of the original unmodified document must be
            identified.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            The original author's (or authors') name(s) may not be used
            to assert or imply endorsement of the resulting document
            without the original author's (or authors') permission.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </para>
  </section>
  <section id="opl.good-practice">
    <title>GOOD-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS</title>

    <para>
      In addition to the requirements of this license, it is requested
      from and strongly recommended of redistributors that:
    </para>

    <para>
      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            If you are distributing Open Publication works on hardcopy
            or CD-ROM, you provide email notification to the authors of
            your intent to redistribute at least thirty days before your
            manuscript or media freeze, to give the authors time to
            provide updated documents. This notification should describe
            modifications, if any, made to the document.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            All substantive modifications (including deletions) be
            either clearly marked up in the document or else described
            in an attachment to the document.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Finally, while it is not mandatory under this license, it is
            considered good form to offer a free copy of any hardcopy
            and CD-ROM expression of an Open Publication-licensed work
            to its author(s).
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </para>
  </section>
  <section id="opl.options">
    <title>LICENSE OPTIONS</title>

    <para>
      The author(s) and/or publisher of an Open Publication-licensed
      document may elect certain options by appending language to the
      reference to or copy of the license. These options are considered
      part of the license instance and must be included with the license
      (or its incorporation by reference) in derived works.
    </para>

    <para>
      A. To prohibit distribution of substantively modified versions
      without the explicit permission of the author(s). "Substantive
      modification" is defined as a change to the semantic content of
      the document, and excludes mere changes in format or typographical
      corrections.
    </para>

    <para>
      To accomplish this, add the phrase `Distribution of substantively
      modified versions of this document is prohibited without the
      explicit permission of the copyright holder.' to the license
      reference or copy.
    </para>

    <para>
      B. To prohibit any publication of this work or derivative works in
      whole or in part in standard (paper) book form for commercial
      purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from
      the copyright holder.
    </para>

    <para>
      To accomplish this, add the phrase 'Distribution of the work or
      derivative of the work in any standard (paper) book form is
      prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright
      holder.' to the license reference or copy.
    </para>
  </section>