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Re: Logo symbolism
- To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Logo symbolism
- From: Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:02:26 -0600
- In-reply-to: <LYR101940-68677-2000.07.21-10.41.45--pci#permaculture-inst.org@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Newsgroups: permaculture
- References: <LYR75849-68548-2000.07.20-14.00.54--hanzibra#svn.com.br@franklin.oit.unc.edu><65258@permaculture>
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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