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<a href="1.3.1-Licensing-Copyright.pdf">[ PDF Version; 57k ]</a>
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<DIV ALIGN="CENTER">AGNULA - A GNU/Linux Audio distribution</DIV>
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<DIV ALIGN="CENTER">IST Project n<IMG
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ALT="$ $" /> IST-2001-34879</DIV>
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<DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3">Libre Software Copyright/
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Licensing recommendations</FONT></DIV>
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Report version number:
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Report Classification: Pub
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Deliverable n<IMG
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ALT="$ $" />: 1.3.1
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Contract Start Date: 1st April 2002
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Duration: 2 years
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Coordinator: Centro Tempo Reale
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Partners: IRCAM - Institut de Recherche Acoustique/Musique; UPF -
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Music Technology Group - Institut Universitari de l'Audiovisual -
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra; FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe;
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KTH - Kung Tekniska Högskolan; RedHat France.
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<H2><A NAME="SECTION00010000000000000000">
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Contents</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html9"
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HREF="1.3.1-Licensing-Copyright.html">Introduction</A></LI>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html10"
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HREF="#SECTION00020000000000000000">Development strategies to improve the presence of Free Software
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in audio applications</A></LI>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html11"
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HREF="#SECTION00030000000000000000">Rules in the AGNULA audio/multimedia distribution</A></LI>
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HREF="#SECTION00031000000000000000">Rules for including software in the AGNULA distribution</A></LI>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html13"
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HREF="#SECTION00032000000000000000">Rules for publishing software in the AGNULA distribution</A></LI>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html14"
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HREF="#SECTION00040000000000000000">Copyright Rules</A></LI>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html15"
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HREF="#SECTION00050000000000000000">About this document ...</A></LI>
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Introduction</A>
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This document provides information about AGNULA recommendations on
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copyright and licensing. This document includes information regarding
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issues about audio/multimedia Free Software licensing; information
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about the assessement of audio/multimedia applications in terms of
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Free Software presence/functionality (such as strong points, weaknesses,
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empty slots, etc); and the strategy of Free Software diffusion.
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Development strategies to improve the presence of Free Software
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in audio applications</A>
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The technical foundation has already been prepared for an improved
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development environment for Free Software audio and music software.
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The ALSA sound API is currently included with the 2.5.x development
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series of the Linux kernel, Paul Davis's JACK audio connection kit
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provides a simple transparent means for audio software developers to
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remain focused on their application's feature set instead of low-level
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driver issues, and Andrew Morton's low-latency patches have proved the
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effectiveness of a properly tuned Linux kernel in professionally
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demanding realtime recording and editing situations. AGNULA
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incorporates all of those advances into its core distribution and adds
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a variety of useful libraries and toolkits for developers of Free
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Software audio and music applications. By doing so the AGNULA project
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intends to raise awareness of the quality of the available development
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environment, while at the same time encouraging development of more
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and better applications targeted to the normal user.
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Rules in the AGNULA audio/multimedia distribution</A>
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Software licenses may vary radically with regard to issues of copyright,
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distribution, and even usage. Therefore the AGNULA project distinguishes
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between four software-licensing categories:
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<LI>Free Software under a GPL-compatible Copyleft license approved by
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the Free Software Foundation.
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<LI>Free Software under a GPL-compatible non-Copyleft license approved
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by the FSF.
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<LI>Free Software under a GPL-incompatible license approved by the FSF.
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<LI>Proprietary Software.
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</OL>
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For documentation, AGNULA distinguishes between three licensing
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categories:
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<LI>Documentation under a Free Documentation license approved by the
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FSF.
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<LI>Documentation that is freely redistributable in any medium (also
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for commercial purposes).
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<LI>Documentation not falling into the first two categories.
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</OL>
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Rules for including software in the AGNULA distribution</A>
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AGNULA's primary definition of Free Software is that of the Free
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Software Foundation. Software licensed under categories 1 to 3 may be
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included without legal issue in the core AGNULA distribution although
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category 1 will be preferred. For documentation, categories 1 and 2
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are acceptable for inclusion in AGNULA.
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Sometimes Free Software (category 1-3) depends on proprietary software
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(category 4). For example, Java-based applications present a
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difficulty. There are some attempts at creating a Free Software Java
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implementation, but many Java applications will not run on them
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and have been written for the proprietary Java implementations by Sun
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and IBM, which can not be included in AGNULA.
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In these cases the AGNULA consortium will work on convincing the
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publisher of the proprietary software to release the problematic under
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an acceptable license. If this is not possible, AGNULA will try to
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break their dependency on proprietary software by either getting it to
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work with a Free alternative or by porting it to another technology.
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Surmounting these issues and similar problems is a key goal in
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AGNULA's early development stage. Although very real difficulties
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must be dealt with, AGNULA aims for the harmonisation of license and
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redistribution policy. As far as possible, AGNULA strives to provide
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software covered by a license of category 1 or 2.
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In questionable instances, the FSF Europe will work on finding a
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solution with the other project partners and determine whether a
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package can be included.
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Rules for publishing software in the AGNULA distribution</A>
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All software written within the AGNULA project will be released under
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the GNU General Public License (GPL) or (if advisable) the GNU Lesser
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General Public License (LGPL). Documentation will be released under
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the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
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In special cases, another license from categories 1 and 2 might be
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chosen; the FSF Europe offers guidance and advice for this.
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Copyright Rules</A>
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The aim of the AGNULA project is to provide two GNU/Linux distributions,
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entirely based on Free Software. To ensure persistence and longevity
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of the work within the AGNULA IST project, it will be important to
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provide adequate measures to protect this work.
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Free Software is (and must be) work in permanent evolution. Only if
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it can be adapted, modified, and built upon will it be truly successful.
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Technical methods are evolving steadily, so it becomes important to
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ensure that the licensing for the work done within AGNULA is permanently
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maintained and adapted (if necessary).
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The legal framework inside which the licenses operate is also subject
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to change and may require adaptation of the licenses employed within
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AGNULA.
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Finally it is necessary that work done inside AGNULA remains
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accessible to the people it was done for and protected from
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appropriation. This requires monitoring and may require occasional
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legal action.
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These aspects of legal maintainability are a prerequisite for technical
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maintainability, which is a necessity for success of the AGNULA project.
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The Free Software Foundations have over 16 years of experience
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ensuring legal maintainability for Free Software, so all work done
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within the AGNULA project will be assigned to the FSF Europe to
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maintain legal maintainability of the AGNULA project during the time
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it is funded by the European Commission and afterwards.
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The assignment will be performed with the "Fiduciary License
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Agreement" of the FSF Europe, which has the following effects:
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<LI>Copyright/Exclusive exploitation rights are assigned to FSF Europe.
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<LI>An unlimited amount of single exploitation rights is assigned back
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to the assigning project partner.
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<LI>The FSF Europe guarantees that the rights assigned will only be used
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to benefit Free Software. In case of violation of this guarantee,
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all rights fall back to the assigning project partners.
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This will allow the FSF Europe to act as the fiduciary of the AGNULA
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consortium for the project duration and after its dissolution, making
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sure the work on AGNULA will continue to benefit users as per the
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goal of the AGNULA project.
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This document was generated using the
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<A HREF="http://cbl.leeds.ac.uk/nikos/personal.html">Nikos Drakos</A>,
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Computer Based Learning Unit, University of Leeds.
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Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999,
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<A HREF="http://www.maths.mq.edu.au/~ross/">Ross Moore</A>,
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Mathematics Department, Macquarie University, Sydney.
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