Publications Research Fellows · Alexei Shulgin · BIT · Brian Holmes · Florian Cramer · Jodi · Lawrence Liang ·· Guide To Open Cont ··· Introduction ··· Chapter 1 ··· Chapter 2 ··· Chapter 3 ··· Chapter 4 ··· Chapter 5 ··· Further Reading ··· Glossary ··· Lawrence Liang: Ab · Lev Manovich · Peter Luining · Simon Yuill Seminars name: password: A Guide To Open Content Licences Lawrence Liang What is copyright? What is copyleft? How can we share culture in a world where everything has a license? Scientists, writers, designers, artists, musicians and others are increasingly interested in making their work available in 'the public domain'. This booklet is an overview of the ways in which this has been done and a guide to the growing area of Open Content Licenses through which people design and safeguard access to their work. Table of Contents A PDF file of the booklet can be downloaded here. To receive a paper copy by post, send a self-addressed envelope to: Open Content Guide, Media Design Research, Piet Zwart Institute, PO Box 1272, 3000 BG Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Introduction Chapter 1: The Black and White (and Grey) of Copyright Chapter 2: Copyleft Contextualised Free Software: Copyright Rearticulated Licenses and the Control of Copyright Challenges to Copyright The GNU GPL The Public Domain Open / Collaborative Production Chapter 3: General Characteristics of Open Content Licenses Basis of the license / validity of the license Rights granted Derivative Works Commercial / Non Commercial Usage Procedural Requirements imposed Appropriate Credits Open content licenses do not affect fair use rights Absence of Warranty Standard Legal Clauses Chapter 4: Mapping Out the Domain of Open Content Licenses On the basis of the medium they address On the nature of the license On the validity of the license Chapter 5: A Comparative Guide to Key Open Content Licenses Free Art License GNU Free Documentation License Common Documentation License EFF Open Audio License Open Music Licenses The Green OpenMusic License The Yellow OpenMusic License The Red OpenMusic License Creative Commons Licenses Open Content and Open Publication License The Open Content License Open Publication License Design Science License Ethymonics Free Music License Further reading Glossary About the author "There is a specter haunting cultural production, the specter of open content licensing" Karl Marx (reworked for the digital era) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Copyright 2004 Lawrence Liang, Piet Zwart Institute Additional material, chapter 1: Florian Cramer Editors: Florian Cramer, Matthew Fuller, Calum Selkirk Graphic design and book typography: Femke Snelting HTML version: Florian Cramer December 2004 You are here: Home » mdr » Research Fellows » Lawrence Liang » Guide To Open Content Licences