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Unless otherwise noted, I hold copyright in all materials created by me, and allow general use under the following copyleft", $COPYLEFT_URL) . " "; ?> licenses:

• For computer software
• For other materials, your choice of
  • (recommended for creative work)

Don't forget , which applies to all copyright materials. I am a strong supporter of liberal interpretations of fair use. I will not sue you for a good faith application of fair use to my copyright materials.

Essentially,

• You may use my copyright materials freely as long as you acknowledge my authorship and copyright.
• You may create variant and derivative works as long as you are accurate in attributing my contribution.
• You may redistribute my work, variants, and derivatives as long as you pass on with every copy the full license that I grant to you.
• When you choose a license for materials other than software, you may satisfy the requirement to pass on "the full license that I grant to you" by your choice of
  • passing along the same license that you chose, or
  • passing along the choice of the license that you chose plus any others in my list.
• Any use so fine-grained as to make the attribution terms of the licenses above too onerous (such as the use of a music snippet in a mix with 100 others) should be covered by fair use.

Hey, I'm sporadically anal-retentive, but I'm a reasonable guy. I couldn't help writing all that junk above, but I hate to read it, and sympathize with other readers. Don't be evil. If you use my work for good, I'll cheer. Please let me (michael_odonnell@acm.org) know if you use my work, or enjoy it, or even find it annoying enough to be worth mentioning.