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Free Art License 1.3
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[ Copyleft Attitude ]
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Free Art License 1.3 (FAL 1.3)
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Preamble
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The Free Art License grants the right to freely copy, distribute, and
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transform creative works without infringing the author's rights.
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The Free Art License recognizes and protects these rights. Their
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implementation has been reformulated in order to allow everyone to use
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creations of the human mind in a creative manner, regardless of their
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types and ways of expression.
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While the public's access to creations of the human mind usually is
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restricted by the implementation of copyright law, it is favoured by
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the Free Art License. This license intends to allow the use of a
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work’s resources; to establish new conditions for creating in order to
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increase creation opportunities. The Free Art License grants the right
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to use a work, and acknowledges the right holder’s and the user’s
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rights and responsibility.
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The invention and development of digital technologies, Internet and
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Free Software have changed creation methods: creations of the human
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mind can obviously be distributed, exchanged, and transformed. They
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allow to produce common works to which everyone can contribute to the
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benefit of all.
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The main rationale for this Free Art License is to promote and protect
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these creations of the human mind according to the principles of
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copyleft: freedom to use, copy, distribute, transform, and prohibition
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of exclusive appropriation.
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Definitions
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“work” either means the initial work, the subsequent works or the
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common work as defined hereafter:
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“common work” means a work composed of the initial work and all
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subsequent contributions to it (originals and copies). The initial
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author is the one who, by choosing this license, defines the
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conditions under which contributions are made.
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“Initial work” means the work created by the initiator of the common
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work (as defined above), the copies of which can be modified by
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whoever wants to
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“Subsequent works” means the contributions made by authors who
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participate in the evolution of the common work by exercising the
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rights to reproduce, distribute, and modify that are granted by the
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license.
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“Originals” (sources or resources of the work) means all copies of
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either the initial work or any subsequent work mentioning a date and
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used by their author(s) as references for any subsequent updates,
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interpretations, copies or reproductions.
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“Copy” means any reproduction of an original as defined by this
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license.
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1. OBJECT
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The aim of this license is to define the conditions under which one
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can use this work freely.
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2. SCOPE
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This work is subject to copyright law. Through this license its author
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specifies the extent to which you can copy, distribute, and modify it.
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2.1 FREEDOM TO COPY (OR TO MAKE REPRODUCTIONS)
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You have the right to copy this work for yourself, your friends or any
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other person, whatever the technique used.
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2.2 FREEDOM TO DISTRIBUTE, TO PERFORM IN PUBLIC
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You have the right to distribute copies of this work; whether modified
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or not, whatever the medium and the place, with or without any charge,
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provided that you: attach this license without any modification to the
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copies of this work or indicate precisely where the license can be
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found, specify to the recipient the names of the author(s) of the
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originals, including yours if you have modified the work, specify to
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the recipient where to access the originals (either initial or
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subsequent).
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The authors of the originals may, if they wish to, give you the right
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to distribute the originals under the same conditions as the copies.
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2.3 FREEDOM TO MODIFY
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You have the right to modify copies of the originals (whether initial
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or subsequent) provided you comply with the following conditions: all
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conditions in article 2.2 above, if you distribute modified copies;
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indicate that the work has been modified and, if it is possible, what
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kind of modifications have been made; distribute the subsequent work
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under the same license or any compatible license.
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The author(s) of the original work may give you the right to modify it
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under the same conditions as the copies.
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3. RELATED RIGHTS
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Activities giving rise to author’s rights and related rights shall not
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challenge the rights granted by this license.
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For example, this is the reason why performances must be subject to
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the same license or a compatible license. Similarly, integrating the
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work in a database, a compilation or an anthology shall not prevent
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anyone from using the work under the same conditions as those defined
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in this license.
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4. INCORPORATION OF THE WORK
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Incorporating this work into a larger work that is not subject to the
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Free Art License shall not challenge the rights granted by this
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license.
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If the work can no longer be accessed apart from the larger work in
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which it is incorporated, then incorporation shall only be allowed
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under the condition that the larger work is subject either to the Free
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Art License or a compatible license.
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5. COMPATIBILITY
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A license is compatible with the Free Art License provided: it gives
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the right to copy, distribute, and modify copies of the work including
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for commercial purposes and without any other restrictions than those
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required by the respect of the other compatibility criteria; it
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ensures proper attribution of the work to its authors and access to
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previous versions of the work when possible; it recognizes the Free
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Art License as compatible (reciprocity); it requires that changes made
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to the work be subject to the same license or to a license which also
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meets these compatibility criteria.
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6. YOUR INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS
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This license does not aim at denying your author's rights in your
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contribution or any related right. By choosing to contribute to the
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development of this common work, you only agree to grant others the
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same rights with regard to your contribution as those you were granted
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by this license. Conferring these rights does not mean you have to
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give up your intellectual rights.
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7. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
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The freedom to use the work as defined by the Free Art License (right
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to copy, distribute, modify) implies that everyone is responsible for
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their own actions.
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8. DURATION OF THE LICENSE
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This license takes effect as of your acceptance of its terms. The act
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of copying, distributing, or modifying the work constitutes a tacit
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agreement. This license will remain in effect for as long as the
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copyright which is attached to the work. If you do not respect the
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terms of this license, you automatically lose the rights that it
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confers.
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If the legal status or legislation to which you are subject makes it
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impossible for you to respect the terms of this license, you may not
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make use of the rights which it confers.
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9. VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THE LICENSE
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This license may undergo periodic modifications to incorporate
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improvements by its authors (instigators of the “Copyleft Attitude”
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movement) by way of new, numbered versions.
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You will always have the choice of accepting the terms contained in
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the version under which the copy of the work was distributed to you,
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or alternatively, to use the provisions of one of the subsequent
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versions.
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10. SUB-LICENSING
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Sub-licenses are not authorized by this license. Any person wishing to
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make use of the rights that it confers will be directly bound to the
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authors of the common work.
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11. LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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This license is written with respect to both French law and the Berne
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Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
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USER GUIDE
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- How to use the Free Art License?
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To benefit from the Free Art License, you only need to mention the
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following elements on your work:
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[Name of the author, title, date of the work. When applicable, names
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of authors of the common work and, if possible, where to find the
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originals].
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Copyleft: This is a free work, you can copy, distribute, and modify it
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under the terms of the Free Art License
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http://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/
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- Why to use the Free Art License?
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1.To give the greatest number of people access to your work.
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2.To allow it to be distributed freely.
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3.To allow it to evolve by allowing its copy, distribution, and
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transformation by others.
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4.So that you benefit from the resources of a work when it is under
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the Free Art License: to be able to copy, distribute or transform
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it freely.
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5.But also, because the Free Art License offers a legal framework to
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disallow any misappropriation. It is forbidden to take hold of
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your work and bypass the creative process for one's exclusive
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possession.
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- When to use the Free Art License?
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Any time you want to benefit and make others benefit from the right to
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copy, distribute and transform creative works without any exclusive
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appropriation, you should use the Free Art License. You can for
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example use it for scientific, artistic or educational projects.
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- What kinds of works can be subject to the Free Art License?
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The Free Art License can be applied to digital as well as physical
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works. You can choose to apply the Free Art License on any text,
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picture, sound, gesture, or whatever sort of stuff on which you have
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sufficient author's rights.
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- Historical background of this license:
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It is the result of observing, using and creating digital
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technologies, free software, the Internet and art. It arose from the
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“Copyleft Attitude” meetings which took place in Paris in 2000. For
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the first time, these meetings brought together members of the Free
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Software community, artists, and members of the art world. The goal
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was to adapt the principles of Copyleft and free software to all sorts
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of creations. http://www.artlibre.org
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Copyleft Attitude, 2007.
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You can make reproductions and distribute this license verbatim
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(without any changes).
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Translation : Jonathan Clarke, Benjamin Jean, Griselda Jung, Fanny
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Mourguet, Antoine Pitrou. Thanks to framalang.org
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