Free Art License
Free Art License logo
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| Latest version | 1.3 |
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| Publisher | Copyleft Attitude |
| Published | 8 April 2007[1] |
| FSF approved | Yes |
| GPL compatible | No |
| Copyleft | Yes |
| Website | artlibre.org |
The Free Art License (abbr.: FAL, French: Licence Art Libre) is a copyleft license that grants the right to freely copy, distribute, and transform creative works without the author's explicit permission.
History[edit]
The license was written in July 2000 with contributions from the mailing list <copyleft_attitude
April.org> and in particular with lawyers Mélanie Clément-Fontaine and David Geraud, and artists Isabelle Vodjdani and Antoine Moreau. It followed meetings held by Copyleft Attitude Antoine Moreau with the artists gathered around the magazine Allotopie: Francis Deck, Antonio Gallego, Roberto Martinez and Emma Gall. They took place at "Accès Local" in January 2000 and "Public" in March 2000, two places of contemporary art in Paris.[2]
In 2003, Moreau organized a session at the EOF space which brought together hundreds of authors to achieve exposure according to the principles of copyleft with this condition: "Free Admission if free work".[3] In 2005, he wrote a memoir edited by Liliane Terrier entitled Le copyleft appliqué à la création artistique. Le collectif Copyleft Attitude et la Licence Art Libre (Copyleft applied to artistic creation. The Copyleft Attitude collective and the Free Art License).[4]
In 2007, version 1.3 of the Free Art License was amended to provide greater legal certainty and optimum compatibility with other copyleft licenses.[5]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Free Art License. |
- The Free Art License; The Free Art License at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 February 2014) (English)
- Licence Art Libre; Licence Art Libre at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 February 2014) (French)
- Freemages : a library of photos under Free Art License (English)[dead link]
