SignWriting is free to use - please use it and publish with it! ;-)

Wed Oct 23 16:37:30 UTC 2013

Hoi,

This is a message that needs to be repeated often ... It is a gift to learn
to write.
Thanks,
     Gerard

http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2013/10/signwriting-is-free-to-use-please-use.html

On 23 October 2013 17:42, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:

> SignWriting List
> October 23, 2013
>
> Dear SignWriting List -
> Did you know that you all have my FULL permission to use and publish with
> SignWriting and Sutton Movement Writing? Some of you know that, but in our
> crazy world not everyone can believe it ;-)
>
> Sometimes I receive emails from people who want so badly to use
> SignWriting, but are fearful that I will be mad at them if they use it…they
> want legal proof that they have permission to use the system. I feel sad
> when I receive those emails because I want so much for people to use the
> system freely, and there are no restrictions whatsoever… of course I always
> give my full permission.
>
> I encourage you all to use the materials on our sites freely and to write
> freely in all of your languages… and then in return I am delighted to post
> your new work using the system…it is a great sharing of information ….
>
> Have you heard about the free contracts or licenses now available on the
> web to help people feel secure and not concerned? They are "free licenses"
> with logos that can be placed on a web site that shows that the information
> on that web site is free to use… apparently these free licenses are an easy
> way to communicate "permissions" ...
>
> Therefore, I am showing you here the three free licenses I have chosen for
> our web sites and for our system…they are all free licenses….meaning that
> nothing has changed….You were free to use it before, and you are free to
> use it now …. But the licenses simply state this officially. You can find
> these licenses as the bottom of signwriting.org. Here are the
> permissions, for your information:
>
> -----------------
>
> Permission To Use Images, Documents And Literature
> Related To Sutton SignWriting And Sutton Movement Writing
> Posted on Any of the Sutton Web Sites
>
>
> [image: CreativeCommons.png]<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>
>
> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>
>
> All images, textbooks, instruction materials, written literature, and
> documentation posted on the SignWriting.org <http://signwriting.org/>,
> SignWriting.net <http://signwriting.net/>, SignBank.org, DanceWriting.org,
> MovementWriting.org and ValerieSutton.org web sites, which clearly relate
> to Sutton Movement Writing <http://www.movementwriting.org/>, including
> SignWriting <http://www.signwriting.org/>, DanceWriting<http://www.dancewriting.org/>
> , SportsWriting <http://www.movementwriting.org/sports>, MimeWriting and Movement
> Writing <http://www.movementwriting.org/science/>, are free to use, and
> are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
> Unported License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>. Please
> give credit to those who have created the documents or images, and please
> give credit to the invention of SignWriting and Sutton Movement Writing to
> Valerie Sutton, and credit the web site where the original document or
> image was found.
>
> Most importantly, please tell us about your work and share it openly and
> freely with us and others. I will be happy to post your work related to
> SignWriting or Sutton Movement Writing on one of our web sites. Contact me
> anytime. Valerie Sutton: sutton at signwriting.org.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Permission To Use The Symbols of
>
> Sutton SignWriting and Sutton Movement Writing
> [image: OFL_logo_rect_color.png]<http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL>
> SIL Open Font License (OFL)<http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL>
>
> All of the symbols in Sutton SignWriting and Sutton Movement Writing by Valerie
> Sutton <http://www.valeriesutton.org/> are free to use under the SIL Open
> Font License (OFL)<http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL>
>
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Permission To Use And Write With SignPuddle Software
>
> [image: gplv3.png] <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>
>
> GPL3 License <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>
>
> SignPuddle Software by Stephen E. Slevinski, Jr<http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/about> is
> free to use under the GPL3 License <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.
> Val ;-)
>
>
>
>
> Valerie Sutton
> Sutton at SignWriting.org <http://Sutton@signwriting.org/>
>
> SignWriting
> Read & Write Sign Languages
> http://www.SignWriting.org <http://www.signwriting.org/>
>
> SignPuddle Online
> Write SignWriting in the Clouds!
> Documents, Dictionaries, SignMail
> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle
>
>   ASL Wikipedia Project
> Articles in American Sign Language
> http://ase.wikipedia.wmflabs.org <http://www.signbank.org/wiki>
>
> SignWriting List
> Technical Support: Ask questions...
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>
> SignWriting Literature Project
> Writing Literature in Sign Languages
> http://www.SignWriting.org/literature<http://www.signwriting.org/literature>
>
> SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects
> Encyclopedias in Sign Languages
> http://www.SignWriting.org/encyclopedia<http://www.signwriting.org/encyclopedia>
>
> SignWriting Sponsors Forum
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>
> SignWriting Shop
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>
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>
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>
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>
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