1Free Art License 2 3 4[ Copyleft Attitude ] 5 6version 1.2 7 8Preamble : 9 10With this Free Art License, you are authorised to copy, distribute and freely 11transform the work of art while respecting the rights of the originator. 12 13Far from ignoring the author's rights, this license recognises them and 14protects them. It reformulates their principle while making it possible for the 15public to make creative use of the works of art. Whereas current literary and 16artistic property rights result in restriction of the public's access to works 17of art, the goal of the Free Art License is to encourage such access. 18 19The intention is to make work accessible and to authorise the use of its 20resources by the greatest number of people: to use it in order to increase its 21use, to create new conditions for creation in order to multiply the 22possibilities of creation, while respecting the originators in according them 23recognition and defending their moral rights. 24 25In fact, with the arrival of the digital age, the invention of the Internet and 26free software, a new approach to creation and production has made its 27appearance. It also encourages a continuation of the process of experimentation 28undertaken by many contemporary artists. 29 30Knowledge and creativity are resources which, to be true to themselves, must 31remain free, i.e. remain a fundamental search which is not directly related to 32a concrete application. Creating means discovering the unknown, means inventing 33a reality without any heed to realism. Thus, the object(ive) of art is not 34equivalent to the finished and defined art object. This is the basic aim of 35this Free Art License: to promote and protect artistic practice freed from the 36rules of the market economy. 37 38——– DEFINITIONS 39 40- The work of art : A communal work which includes the initial artwork as well 41 as all subsequent contributions (subsequent originals and copies). It is 42created at the initiative of the original artist who, by this license, defines 43the conditions according to which the contributions are made. 44 45- The original work of art : This is the artwork created by the initiator of 46 the communal work, of which copies will be modified by whosoever wishes. 47 48- Subsequent works : These are the additions put forward by the artists who 49 contribute to the formation of the work by taking advantage of the right to 50reproduction, distribution and modification that this license confers on them. 51 52- The Original (the work's source or resource) : A dated example of the work, 53 of its definition, of its partition or of its program which the originator 54provides as the reference for all future updatings, interpretations, copies or 55reproductions. 56 57- Copy : Any reproduction of an original as defined by this license. 58 59- The author or the artist of the original work of art: This is the person who 60 created the work which is at the heart of the ramifications of this modified 61work of art. By this license, the author determines the conditions under which 62these modifications are made. 63 64- Contributor: Any person who contributes to the creation of the work of art. 65 He is the author or the artist of an original art object resulting from the 66modification of a copy of the initial artwork or the modification of a copy of 67a subsequent work of art. 68 69——– 70 711. AIMS 72 73The aim of this license is to define the conditions according to which you can 74use this work freely. 75 762. EXTENT OF THE USAGE 77 78This work of art is subject to copyright, and the author, by this license, 79specifies the extent to which you can copy, distribute and modify it. 80 812.1 FREEDOM TO COPY (OR OF REPRODUCTION) 82 83You have the right to copy this work of art for your personal use, for your 84friends or for any other person, by employing whatever technique you choose. 85 862.2 FREEDOM TO DISTRIBUTE, TO INTERPRET (OR OF REPRESENTATION) 87 88You can freely distribute the copies of these works, modified or not, whatever 89their medium, wherever you wish, for a fee or for free, if you observe all the 90following conditions: 91- attach this license, in its entirety, to the copies or indicate precisely 92 where the license can be found, 93- specify to the recipient the name of the author of the originals, 94- specify to the recipient where he will be able to access the originals 95 (original and subsequent). The author of the original may, if he wishes, give 96you the right to broadcast/distribute the original under the same conditions as 97the copies. 98 992.3 FREEDOM TO MODIFY 100 101You have the right to modify the copies of the originals (original and 102subsequent), partially or otherwise, respecting the conditions set out in 103article 2.2 , in the event of distribution (or representation) of the modified 104copy. The author of the original may, if he wishes, give you the right to 105modify the original under the same conditions as the copies. 106 1073. INCORPORATION OF ARTWORK 108 109All the elements of this work of art must remain free, which is why you are not 110allowed to integrate the originals (originals and subsequents) into another 111work which would not be subject to this license. 112 1134. YOUR AUTHOR'S RIGHTS 114 115The object of this license is not to deny your author's rights on your 116contribution. By choosing to contribute to the evolution of this work of art, 117you only agree to give to others the same rights with regard to your 118contribution as those which were granted to you by this license. 119 1205. DURATION OF THE LICENCE 121 122This license takes effect as of your acceptance of its provisions. The fact of 123copying, distributing, or of modifying the work constitutes a tacit agreement. 124This license will remain in force for as long as the copyright which is 125attached to the work of art. If you do not respect the terms of this license, 126you automatically lose the rights that it confers. If the legal status to which 127you are subject makes it impossible for you to respect the terms of this 128license, you may not make use of the rights which it confers. 129 1306. VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THE LICENCE 131 132This license may undergo periodic modifications to incorporate improvements by 133its authors (instigators of the "copyleft attitude" movement) by way of new, 134numbered versions. 135 136You will have the choice of accepting the provisions contained in the version 137under which the copy was communicated to you, or alternatively, to use the 138provisions of one of the subsequent versions. 139 1407. SUB-LICENSING 141 142Sub-licenses are not authorized by the present license. Any person who wishes 143to make use of the rights that it confers will be directly bound to the author 144of the original work. 145 1468. THE LAW APPLICABLE TO THIS CONTRACT 147 148This license is subject to French law. 149 150——– 151 152DIRECTIONS FOR USE : 153 154- How to use the Free Art license? 155 156To benefit from the Free Art License, it is enough to specify the following on 157your work of art: 158 159[- A few lines to indicate the name of the work and to give an idea of what it 160is.] [- A few lines to describe, if necessary, the modified work of art and 161give the name of the author/artist.] Copyright © [the date] [name of the author 162or artist] (if appropriate, specify the names of the previous authors or 163artists) Copyleft: this work of art is free, you can redistribute it and/or 164modify it according to terms of the Free Art license. You will find a specimen 165of this license on the site Copyleft Attitude http://artlibre.org as well as on 166other sites. 167 168- Why use the Free Art license? 169 1701 / to give the greatest number of people access to your work. 171 1722 / to allow it to be freely distributed. 173 1743 / to allow it to evolve by authorising its transformation by others. 175 1764 / to be able, yourself, to use the resources of a work when it is under Free 177Art license: to copy, distribute or transform it freely. 178 1795 / This is not all: because the use of the Free Art License is also a good way 180to take liberties with the marketing system generated by the dominant economy. 181The Free Art License offers a useful legal protocol to prevent abusive 182appropriation. It will no longer be possible for someone to appropriate your 183work, short-circuiting the creative process to make personal profit from it. 184Helping yourself to a collective work in progress will be forbidden, as will 185monopolising the resources of an evolving creation for the benefit of a few. 186 187The Free Art License advocates an economy appropriate for art, based on 188sharing, exchange and joyful giving. What counts in art is also and mostly what 189is not counted. 190 191- When to use the Free Art License ? 192 193It is not the goal of the Free Art License to eliminate copyright or author's 194rights. Quite the opposite, it is about reformulating the relevance of these 195rights while taking today's environment into account. It is about the right to 196freedom of movement, to free copying and to free transformation of works of 197art. The right to work in freedom for art and artists. 198 1991 / Each time you want to use or put this right into practice, use the Free Art 200License. 201 2022 / Each time you want to create works which can evolve and be freely copied, 203freely distributed and freely transformed: use the Free Art License. 204 2053 / Each time you want to have the possibility of copying, distributing or 206transforming a work: check that it is under Free Art License. If it is not, you 207are liable to be breaking the law. 208 209- To which types of art can the Free Art License be applied? 210 211This license can be applied to digital as well as to non-digital art. It was 212born out of observation of the world of free software and the Internet, but its 213applicability is not limited to the digital media. You can put a painting, a 214novel, a sculpture, a drawing, a piece of music, a poem, an installation, a 215video, a film, a recipe, a CD-rom, a Web site, or a performance under the Free 216Art License, in short any creation which has some claim to be a work of art. 217 218This license has a history: it was born at the meeting " Copyleft Attitude " 219which took place at "Accès Local" and "Public" in Paris at the beginning of the 220year 2000. For the first time, it brought computer specialists and freeware 221activists together with contemporary artists and members of the art world. 222