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

Wed Oct 23 16:55:47 UTC 2013

Hoi,
No you don't have to have license info at the top.. Normally it is a the
bottom of a website .. or in a sidebar.
Thanks,
    Gerard

On 23 October 2013 18:47, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:

> SignWriting List
> October 23, 2013
>
> Thank you, Gerard!
> I noticed the actual licenses were not on your blog - in other words, the
> end of my long message with the three licenses at the bottom got cut off in
> your blog - I assume that was intentional? Do they know the three licenses?
> I guess by scrolling down to the bottom of signwriting.org - I really
> need to get the licenses clearly at the top of the site, don't I?
>
> Val ;-)
>
> ------
>
>
> On Oct 23, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> 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<http://signbank.org/>,
>> DanceWriting.org <http://dancewriting.org/>, MovementWriting.org<http://movementwriting.org/>and
>> ValerieSutton.org <http://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...
>> http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist<http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist>
>>
>> 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
>> Help Educational Non-Profit
>> http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/sponsors<http://www.signwriting.org/forums/sponsors>
>>
>> SignWriting Shop
>> Books, DVDs, Lessons, Services
>> http://www.SignWriting.org/shop <http://www.signwriting.org/shop>
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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