Copyright Information -------------------------- This material is from Marilee Hanson's Tudor England Collection at http://englishhistory.net/tudor.html, distributed with her permission (shown as below). -------------------------- > From: Marilee Mongello > Date: 4 May 2007 3:25:52 AM > To: Ian Witten > Subject: Re: Tudor England Collection > Reply-To: email@englishhistory.net > > Mr Witten, forgive me for not replying sooner - I have serious spam > problems with my email address so it takes a while to sort through > everything to get to non-spam messages. > > It sounds like a wonderful project, and I certainly don't mind if > you use the materials from my site. You can use my name - Marilee > Hanson - when you credit the material and / or site. > > Good luck with your work, and please let me know if you need > anymore information. > > Take care, > -Marilee Hanson > > Ian Witten wrote: Marilee, can you help me > with the request below that I sent you a > week ago? Do you need any more information? > cheers > ian > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Ian Witten > > Date: 23 April 2007 11:25:45 AM > > To: marilee@englishhistory.net > > Cc: Shaoqun Wu > > Subject: Tudor England Collection > > > > Marilee, this is an unusual request. > > > > I run the New Zealand Digital Library project (http://nzdl.org), > > and we have produced the Greenstone Digital Library Software > > (httip://greenstone.org) which is widely used around the world, > > particularly in developing countries, and is sponsored and > > supported by UNESCO. Greenstone is open source, distributed under > > the GNU General Public License. If you are interested in learning > > more about the project, a brief history appears at > > > > http://greenstonewiki.cs.waikato.ac.nz/wiki/gsdoc/others/ > > Greenstone_history.htm > > > > We run training courses for the Greenstone software, and are > > producing a collection of Tutorial Exercises for people to use in > > training courses and for independent study. We seek interesting > > material to use as the basis for training exercises, and would like > > to use material from your Tudor England Collection for three of the > > exercises. > > > > You can see the exercises in draft form at > > > > http://greenstonewiki.cs.waikato.ac.nz/wiki/gsdoc/tutorial/en/ > > large_html_collection.htm > > http://greenstonewiki.cs.waikato.ac.nz/wiki/gsdoc/tutorial/en/ > > enhanced_html_collection.htm > > http://greenstonewiki.cs.waikato.ac.nz/wiki/gsdoc/tutorial/en/ > > enhanced_html_collection.htm > > http://greenstonewiki.cs.waikato.ac.nz/wiki/gsdoc/tutorial/en/ > > downloading_from_internet.htm > > > > ()there is a list of all the exercises at http:// > > greenstonewiki.cs.waikato.ac.nz/wiki/index.php/Tutorial_exercises) > > > > I don't expect you will find these exercises very interesting! -- I > > am just giving you the context for my request. When students do the > > exercises, they end up producing a Greenstone collection like the > > one at > > > > http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=tudor > > > > What I am asking for is permission from you to use this material > > from your website in our exercises, and also on a CD-ROM > > incorporating the Greenstone software that UNESCO will distribute > > freely in developing countries. All this stuff is given away for > > free; this is not a for-profit exercise (quite the reverse!) > > > > Ideally we would like a letter from you stating that it is OK for > > us to use the material in the way I have outlined, and distribute > > it freely. I would also like to know just how you would like the > > credits worded in the exercises at the above URLs. > > > > I realize that copyright is a very complex business -- and judging > > from your website I think you know more about it than I do -- but > > it would be nice to have some kind of letter stating that our > > intended use is OK. In fact, the people who produce the UNESCO CD- > > ROM may require documentation that we have permission to reproduce > > all the material on it. > > > > Looking forward to hearing from you > > ian > > > > Ian H. Witten > > Director, New Zealand Digital Library Project > > > > > >