[senit] Symbolised VLE

Just trawling through earlier emails that I've been trying to catch  
up on, and Tina's raised a very interesting point about copyright.  
The company clearly have a reasonable attitude to low level use but  
quite rightly don't want to see their intellectual property being  
used by other commercial VLE providers to tick the box for  
accessibility and then go on to make a big profit all for themselves.

Sean O'Sullivan
sean.frankwise at easynet.co.uk
Deputy Headteacher
Frank Wise School, Banbury
http://www.frankwise.oxon.sch.uk

http://www.parkroadict.co.uk

On 9 Jan 2007, at 11:46, Tina LaMarca wrote:
>
> It's encouraging to see the use of and interest in symbolising  
> VLEs. We have always tried to be as flexible as possible in letting  
> people use the Widgit Literacy Symbols (WLS-we have rebadged the  
> symbol set and dropped 'rebus') within the information they are  
> trying to make accessible. Yet there are copyright issues to  
> consider. As information is now being shared in more and more ways  
> (VLE, websites, pdf) we have wider distribution to consider  
> therefore we are rejigging our copyright guidelines to reflect  
> technological developments and use on the web. However we will and  
> have always allowed any anyone to use up to 100 WLS without charge.  
> Any further use than 100 symbols and a discussion will need to be  
> had with our Accessability Team.
>
> Christina LaMarca
> Special Education Needs Consultant
> Widgit Software, Logotron Ltd.