SignWriting is free to use =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=Blog explains this ...

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,

There is this wonderful English expression: the law is an ass.. Given that
the practice of law is different in all countries, it means that the
precise legal text of a license is often rephrased to suit the law of the
land... Unported means that it is closest to what is intended without any
of the special language and whatnots needed for a given jurisprudence.
Thanks,
      Gerard


On 12 September 2013 22:30, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:

> SignWriting List
> September 12, 2013
>
> Thank you, Bill, for this CC By-SA logo - that is a great help - I will
> place it on our sites too.
>
> Maybe you can tell me - I noticed that they have a Creative Commons just
> for the USA? That struck me as a little odd - take a look at this web page
> - it has an American flag on it - but should that be our link?
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/
>
> … or is there an international Creative Commons license that would be
> better since we are in so many countries?
>
> This one says "unported" - whatever that means! … is this the better link?
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
>
> Val ;-)
>
> ------
>
>
> On Sep 11, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Bill Reese <wreese01 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>  Very good.  That rounds it out very nicely.  I recently did some art work
> and also licensed it under creative commons license.   You can use other
> images that state the license explicitly:
> [image: Creative Commons License]  or [image: Creative Commons License]
>
> Bill
>
> On 09/11/2013 12:57 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>
> SignWriting List
> September 11, 2013
>
>  Dear SignWriting List Members -
>
>  I am sure you all know that SignWriting is free to use, and so are the
> images on our web sites. It always has been free to use. But the internet
> is a strange place sometimes and some people got worried that maybe
> SignWriting was not free to use…Apparently I needed to state it very
> clearly on our web sites.
>
>  Gerard is a good friend who has helped me place a statement on our web
> sites, stating that our images are under the "Creative Commons
> Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 License" …
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ …  or …
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/
>
>  All this means is that they are free to use….But it states it in legal
> talk, on the web… (big smile ;-)
>
>  I never realized I needed such a statement, but I am glad to understand
> how other web sites do things, so I have now placed this Creative Commons
> statement at the bottom of SignWriting.org <http://signwriting.org/> on
> the front page. I am hoping this will help ;-)
>
>  And I plan to place it on our other web sites too...
>
>  Gerard blogged about it on his blog today - Thank you, Gerard!
>
> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2013/09/signwriting-organisation-adopts-cc-by-sa.html
>
>
>  So what stuff do we have on the web?
>
>  1. Write sign languages in SignPuddle Online, completely free.
> www.signpuddle.org
>
>  2. Free versions of our textbooks, literature and software are always
> available for download … www.signwriting.org/lessons and
> www.signwriting.org/library and aslgospel.org … books in PDF with
> thousands of pages of reading ...
>
>  3. We also provide learning materials such as PowerPoint Presentations,
> videos, and games for download ..
> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/games/ etc...
>
>  4. Information about research, papers, theses and dissertations related
> to SignWriting, DanceWriting and MovementWriting …
> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/linguistics and
> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/research/ and
> http://www.signwriting.org/library/history/publications/dissertations.html(a more detailed listing is coming)
>
>  Our web sites include signwriting.org, signbank.org, signpuddle.org,
> dancewriting.org, movementwriting.org, valeriesutton.org, and now two new
> web sites: signwriterstudio.com and aslgospel.org. Yours to enjoy.
>
>  Val ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
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