While The Ralph Swentzell Institute's general position regarding copyrights allows the reproduction and distribution of a limited amount of material from The Ralph Swentzell Institute for non-commercial purposes, so long as it's done free of charge and includes proper attribution and copyright notice, any such distribution is governed by the actual Copyright Policy below.
The Ralph Swentzell
Institute’s Copyright Policy
1. Subject to Applicable Law and All
Conditions Below, License is Hereby Granted for You to
Reproduce and Distribute, for Non-Commercial Use and
Without Charge, a Limited Amount of Material from The Ralph
Swentzell Institute.
i. The meaning of "limited amount" is a
matter of common sense, but you should contact us if more
than 3 or 4 files are involved.
ii. "Non-commercial purposes" means using
the material in a way that's unrelated to an activity
that's intended to produce a profit. Otherwise you must get
our written e-mail permission. We're liberal regarding such
permissions, but we should communicate. After all, it's
cheaper than lawsuits.
2. Modifications to Form and Format, Minor
Editing, Corrections in Spelling or Grammar, and Removal of
Extraneous Material are OK, But No Substantive Changes to
the Material's Content, "Flavor," or Meaning are Allowed.
i. The meaning of "substantive changes" is
also a matter of common sense. Say, e.g., the material
seriously advocates that all spammers should be chopped up
and used as penguin feed; then modification, use in a
context, or editing that leads a reasonable person to think
that it is just kidding, or that it advocates something
else - like feeding penguins to starving spammers - is a
no-no and could cause legal action that result in you
losing everything you have, will have, ever even thought of
having, or have yet to think the thought of having.
3. Attributions to Source, Author, and The
Ralph Swentzell Institute, Plus a Copyright Notice Must Be
Included.
i. If the material has no copyright notice
and was not created by The Ralph Swentzell Institute it
should include attribution to The Ralph Swentzell Institute
and the URL of the material on the site. Something like
"This article/ information/ material is from The Ralph
Swentzell Institute at
http://www.swentzell.org/copyright.html" is fine.
ii. When the Material Contains a Copyright
Notice It Should Include the Notice plus the above URL
attribution, and any author attribution, e.g. "by John Doe,
Legal Editor," should also be included.
4. Reproduction and Distribution of The
Ralph Swentzell Institute's Original Content, Topics, and
Similar html Files and Pages, Graphics, "Look and Feel,"
Etc., is Prohibited Without Written Permission Except When
Part of Links to, Reviews, Writings, Discussions or
Presentations About The Ralph Swentzell Institute.
5. Some of The Ralph Swentzell Institute's
Materials May Have a Notice Detailing Other, More
Restrictive, Conditions of Use. Such Conditions are In
Addition to, and if In Conflict With, Supersede, the Above.
6. If You Have Any Questions About this
Copyright Policy, Please Contact Us by e-mail Before
Distributing any of The Ralph Swentzell Institute's
Material.
7. We are making every attempt to make all
our material available and accessible to everyone, please
be patient if there is a format, or accessibility issue
that we have not yet addressed.
8. We also make every attempt to not
violate any copyright, trademark, and other similar laws.
If, however, we have unintentionally violated copyright or
similar laws - please let us know, and we'll immediately
remove the material in question and only re-post the
material if and when it is discovered to be non-copyrighted
material.