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Re: Logo symbolism



Not to split hairs but this posting from Bill Mollison was forwarded by me 
to multiple lists at the request of the Permaculture Institute of Australia.

Scott

At 10:43 AM 7/21/00 -0400, you wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:49:18 -0300, "Marsha Hanzi"
><hanzibra@svn.com.br> wrote:
>
> >I also remember a letter being published on this list by Bill Mollison
> >stating clearly that the logo can be used for non-commercial purposes, such
> >as courses. I am sure it is in the archives somewhere.
> >Marsha
>
>This is in my permaculture archives (and is in the lists's own
>archives of messages) at:
>http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden/orgfarm/permaculture/Bill.Mollison.perma 
>culture.copyright.statement-reassertion.5.11.99
>
>
> >From pci@permaculture-inst.org Thu May 27 22:21:56 1999
>Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:54:11 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>
>Reply-To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Subject: Re: Bill Mollison copyright statement
>
>Cover letter to Permaculture and other associated Journals
>
>RE: The following press release
>
>
>
>11 May 1999
>
>Dear Editor:
>
>We frequently receive notifications from teachers and students of
>their
>intention to alter or change the Permaculture curriculum or to
>restrict
>teachers or students in their pursuits to teach or study and also
>laying
>claim to the material. This material is vested in the Institutes and
>the
>graduates of courses and to that extent in common ownership. But the
>material itself was solely evolved by the author and the original
>curriculum
>taught in 1979 was devised by the author alone. People tend to loose
>sight
>of this and claim ownership by adoption. (For some reason this is
>happening
>most recently in Australia). Thus we need to periodically re assert
>ownership and to legally update copyright. At my death copyright shall
>remain with the Permaculture Institute in Australia and Permaculture
>Institute Inc. in USA and their directors and the same laws shall
>apply,
>that is teachers can not claim personal ownership of the curriculum or
>sell
>it or give it way without infringing copyright law.
>
>We would very much appreciate you printing our reasserting as you are
>a
>vehicle for information on Permaculture. Thank you in advance for your
>kind
>attention to this matter.
>
>
>
>Most Sincerely,
>
>
>
>Bill Mollison
>
>Director
>
>
>RESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION
>
> >From Bill Mollison, Author, Permaculture: A Designer's Manual
>
>For further information, contact Lisa Mollison
>
>Phone: 61 3 6445 0945 Fax:61 3 6445 0944 email:
>lisam@tas.webnet.com.au
>
>11 May 1999
>
>RE: Ownership of Permaculture Curriculum
>
>Periodically, it is necessary to reassert my ownership of the original
>Permaculture curriculum, which is also legally asserted by publication
>of
>the Permaculture Manual in 1988 of which the contents of the book and
>the
>word Permaculture are copyrighted to the author and that any use of
>said
>curriculum must be by application to the author, that is not to
>secretaries
>or other directors, but to the author only. The Permaculture Design
>Course
>handbook issued by the Permaculture Institute to students for many
>years now
>is simply a concise outline of said curriculum, and subject to the
>same
>laws. If any person writes a text book, in particular a foundation
>text book
>for a subject, no other person can assert ownership of that text, lay
>out or
>illustrations nor can any group of people substantially alter or
>assert
>ownership of the text. We have always specifically guarded ownership
>of the
>PC curriculum so that all students have much the same experience in
>common
>no matter what their cultural or financial backgrounds are, they would
>have
>a common and equal education experience.
>
>Both this Institute and our American Institute in Santa Fe,
>Permaculture
>Institute, Incorporated, are attempting to establish an academy that
>will be
>legally able to issue higher degrees this is a long process and will
>not be
>running smoothly for some time to come.. The Permaculture Institute
>began
>issuing diplomas to students after two years practical work following
>their
>certificate course in about 1988. It is and shall remain the registrar
>of
>all diploma holders globally. This diploma is widely recognized
>through
>other institutions and some universities, like Humboldt State
>University and
>Slippery Rock University, etc...
>
>.
>
>In the past re-assertions of copyright have appeared in the Academy
>Yearbook, p. 17 and have been reproduced in the 1998 American
>Permaculture
>Directory, p. 6. Students publishing curriculum which often contain
>word for
>word copies of copyrighted material from the manual and course
>handbook
>cannot sell that curriculum nor can institutions purchase said
>curriculum or
>teach it, even if presented under other names, such as Sustainable
>Agriculture or Sustainable Designs. All such people need to write
>their own
>curriculum and textbooks and not plagiarize my work nor my
>illustrations. It
>would be refreshing if people wanting to publish would create their
>own
>material and did not plagiarise mine.
>
>This note is to restate the current position so there can be no
>misunderstandings about ownership of the material.
>
>Thank you,
>
>
>
>Bill Mollison
>
>Director, Permaculture Institute
>
><><><><><><>
>
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