Free Art License 1.3 (FAL 1.3)

Preamble

The Free Art License grants the right to freely copy, distribute, and
 transform creative works without infringing the author's rights.
The Free Art License recognizes and protects these rights. Their 
implementation has been reformulated in order to allow everyone to use 
creations of the human mind in a creative manner, regardless of their 
types and ways of expression.
While the public's access to creations of the human mind usually is 
restricted by the implementation of copyright law, it is favoured by the
 Free Art License. This license intends   to allow the use of a work’s 
resources; to establish new conditions for creating in order to increase
 creation opportunities. The Free Art License grants the right to use a
work, and acknowledges the right holder’s and the user’s rights and 
responsibility.
The invention and development of digital technologies, Internet and 
Free Software have changed creation methods: creations of the human mind
 can obviously be distributed, exchanged, and transformed. They allow to
 produce common works to which everyone can contribute to the benefit of
 all.
The main rationale for this Free Art License is to promote and 
protect these creations of the human mind according to the principles of
 copyleft: freedom to use, copy, distribute, transform, and prohibition 
of exclusive appropriation.
Definitions
“work” either means the initial work, the subsequent works or the common work as defined hereafter:
“common work” means a work composed of the initial work and 
all subsequent contributions to it (originals and copies). The initial 
author is the one who, by choosing this license, defines the conditions 
under which contributions are made.
“Initial work” means the work created by the initiator of 
the common work (as defined above), the copies of which can be modified 
by whoever wants to 
“Subsequent works” means the contributions made by authors 
who participate in the evolution of the common work by exercising the 
rights to reproduce, distribute, and modify that are granted by the 
license.
“Originals” (sources or resources of the work) means all 
copies of either the initial work or any subsequent work mentioning a 
date and used by their author(s) as references for any subsequent 
updates, interpretations, copies or reproductions.
“Copy” means any reproduction of an original as defined by this license.
1. OBJECT
The aim of this license is to define the conditions under which one can use this work freely.
2. SCOPE
This work is subject to copyright law. Through this license its author 
specifies the extent to which you can copy, distribute, and modify it.
2.1 FREEDOM TO COPY (OR TO MAKE REPRODUCTIONS)
You have the right to copy this work for yourself, your friends or any other person, whatever the technique used.
2.2 FREEDOM TO DISTRIBUTE, TO PERFORM IN PUBLIC
You have the right to distribute copies of this work; whether modified 
or not, whatever the medium and the place, with or without any charge, 
provided that you:
attach this license without any modification to the copies of this work or indicate precisely where the license can be found,
specify to the recipient the names of the author(s) of the originals, including yours if you have modified the work,
specify to the recipient where to access the originals (either initial or subsequent).
The authors of the originals may, if they wish to, give you the right to
 distribute the originals under the same conditions as the copies.
2.3 FREEDOM TO MODIFY
You have the right to modify copies of the originals (whether initial or
 subsequent) provided you comply with the following conditions:
all conditions in article 2.2 above, if you distribute modified copies;
indicate that the work has been modified and, if it is possible, what kind of modifications have been made;
distribute the subsequent work under the same license or any compatible license.
The author(s) of the original work may give you the right to modify it under the same conditions as the copies.
3. RELATED RIGHTS
Activities giving rise to author’s rights and related rights shall not challenge the rights granted by this license.
For example, this is the reason why performances must be subject to the 
same license or a compatible license. Similarly, integrating the work in
 a database, a compilation or an anthology shall not prevent anyone from
 using the work under the same conditions as those defined in this 
license.
4. INCORPORATION OF THE WORK
Incorporating this work into a larger work that is not subject to the 
Free Art License shall not challenge the rights granted by this license.
If the work can no longer be accessed apart from the larger work in 
which it is incorporated, then incorporation shall only be allowed under
 the condition that the larger work is subject either to the Free Art 
License or a compatible license.
5. COMPATIBILITY
A license is compatible with the Free Art License provided:
it gives the right to copy, distribute, and modify copies of the work 
including for commercial purposes and without any other restrictions 
than those required by the respect of the other compatibility criteria;
it ensures proper attribution of the work to its authors and access to previous versions of the work when possible;
it recognizes the Free Art License as compatible (reciprocity);
it requires that changes made to the work be subject to the same license
 or to a license which also meets these compatibility criteria.
6. YOUR INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS
This license does not aim at denying your author's rights in your 
contribution or any related right. By choosing to contribute to the 
development of this common work, you only agree to grant others the same
 rights with regard to your contribution as those you were granted by 
this license. Conferring these rights does not mean you have to give up 
your intellectual rights.
7. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
The freedom to use the work as defined by the Free Art License (right to
 copy, distribute, modify) implies that everyone is responsible for 
their own actions.
8. DURATION OF THE LICENSE
This license takes effect as of your acceptance of its terms. The act of
 copying, distributing, or modifying the work constitutes a tacit 
agreement. This license will remain in effect for as long as the 
copyright which is attached to the work. If you do not respect the terms
 of this license, you automatically lose the rights that it confers.
If the legal status or legislation to which you are subject makes it 
impossible for you to respect the terms of this license, you may not 
make use of the rights which it confers.
9. VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THE LICENSE
This license may undergo periodic modifications to incorporate 
improvements by its authors (instigators of the “Copyleft Attitude” 
movement) by way of new, numbered versions.
You will always have the choice of accepting the terms contained in the 
version under which the copy of the work was distributed to you, or 
alternatively, to use the provisions of one of the subsequent versions.
10. SUB-LICENSING
Sub-licenses are not authorized by this license. Any person wishing to 
make use of the rights that it confers will be directly bound to the 
authors of the common work.
11. LEGAL FRAMEWORK
This license is written with respect to both French law and the Berne 
Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
USER GUIDE 
- How to use the Free Art License?
To benefit from the Free Art License, you only need to mention the following elements on your work:
[Name of the author, title, date of the work. When applicable, names of 
authors of the common work and, if possible, where to find the 
originals].
Copyleft: This is a free work, you can copy, distribute, and modify it 
under the terms of the Free Art License 
http://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/
- Why to use the Free Art License?
1.To give the greatest number of people access to your work.
2.To allow it to be distributed freely.
3.To allow it to evolve by allowing its copy, distribution, and transformation by others.
4.So that you benefit from the resources of a work when it is under the 
Free Art License: to be able to copy, distribute or transform it freely.
5.But also, because the Free Art License offers a legal framework to 
disallow any misappropriation. It is forbidden to take hold of your work
 and bypass the creative process for one's exclusive possession.
- When to use the Free Art License?
Any time you want to benefit and make others benefit from the right to 
copy, distribute and transform creative works without any exclusive 
appropriation, you should use the Free Art License. You can for example 
use it for scientific, artistic or educational projects.
- What kinds of works can be subject to the Free Art License?
The Free Art License can be applied to digital as well as physical works.
You can choose to apply the Free Art License on any text, picture, 
sound, gesture, or whatever sort of stuff on which you have sufficient 
author's rights.
- Historical background of this license:
It is the result of observing, using and creating digital technologies, 
free software, the Internet and art. It arose from the “Copyleft 
Attitude” meetings which took place in Paris in 2000. For the first 
time, these meetings brought together members of the Free Software 
community, artists, and members of the art world. The goal was to adapt 
the principles of Copyleft and free software to all sorts of creations. 
http://www.artlibre.org
Copyleft Attitude, 2007.
You can make reproductions and distribute this license verbatim (without any changes).

Translation : Jonathan Clarke, Benjamin Jean, Griselda Jung, Fanny Mourguet, Antoine Pitrou.
