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 |