[Note: This is a draft proposal for LDP consideration. It is NOT an LDP licence.]

1. LICENSE

   Modified copies of a document under this license (including translations, anthologies, and partial documents) may be distributed in whole or in part, in any medium physical or electronic, provided each copy meets the following requirements: The copy must retain notice that this license applies. Commercial redistribution is permitted and encouraged. Thirty days' advance notice via e-mail to the author(s) of redistribution is appreciated, to give the authors time to provide updated documents.

1. REQUIREMENTS OF MODIFIED WORKS

   All modified copies of documents under this license, including translations, anthologies, and partial documents, must meet the following requirements:

   1. The modified version must be labeled as such.
   2. The person making the modifications must be identified.
   3. Acknowledgement of the original author must be retained.
   4. The location of the original unmodified document be identified, if still valid. If that location is not still valid, the copy must reflect a good-faith effort to locate and indicate its current location.
   5. The original author's (or authors') name(s) may not be used to assert endorsement of the resulting document without the original author's (or authors') permission. Not applying such endorsement without permission is likewise appreciated.

2. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

   BECAUSE THE CONTENT OF THE WORK IS FREELY MODIFIABLE BY ALL THIRD PARTIES, THERE IS NO WARRANTY THAT ANY REPRESENTATIONS MADE WITHIN ARE MADE BY, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH THE CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR(S) OR COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S). ANY STATEMENTS MADE WITHIN THE WORK ARE NOT NECESSARILY HELD, SHARED, OR ENDORSED BY THE AUTHOR(S) OR COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S).

   In addition it is requested that:

   1. The modifications (including deletions) be noted.
   2. The author be notified by e-mail of the modification in advance of redistribution, if an e-mail address is provided in the document.

   As a special exception, anthologies of documents under this license may include a single copy of these license terms in a conspicuous location within the anthology and replace other copies of this license with a reference to the single copy of the license without the document being considered "modified" for the purposes of this section.

   Mere aggregation of documents under this license with other documents or programs on the same media shall not cause this license to apply to those other works.

   All translations, derivative documents, or modified documents that incorporate any document under this license may not have more restrictive license terms than these, except that you may require distributors to make the resulting document available in source format.

   LDP documents are available in source format via the LDP home page at http://tldp.org/.

1. TO USE THE LDP LICENSE

   LDP authors who want to use the LDP License should put the following statement in their document:

   Copyright (c) by . This document may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the LDP License at .

   Authors may include a copy of the license in their documents, as well. If they do so, they have the option of omitting the appendices.

   Authors retain copyright over their works, even after acceptance into the LDP's document collections.

2. TO USE THE LDP LICENSE, BUT PREVENT MODIFICATION

   LDP authors who want to prevent modification to their document should put the following statement in their document:

   Copyright (c) by . This document may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the LDP License at , except that this document must not be distributed in modified form without the author's consent.

3. TO USE YOUR OWN LICENSE

   LDP authors who want to include their own license on LDP works may do so, as long as their terms are not more restrictive than the LDP license, except that they may require that the document may not be modified.

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