© Linda Mayoux 2019
Unless otherwise stated on the relevant document, all materials on this website are copyright of Linda Mayoux.
My aim is to retain free usage of the original source documents and best practice in the methodology as part of a social and gender justice movement. To prevent certain unethical practices that have arisen on the part of certain people and organisations. So that people working on the ground can continue to adapt, implement and innovate with the different methodologies.
Copyright aims
The aims of this Copyright are to:
- make the original methodology freely available and as accessible as possible, particularly for use by smaller local organisations on the ground who do not have access to funding.
- reduce conceptual and methodological distortion of the community-led original intentions of the methodology by plagiarism and organisational branding.
- prevent powerful organisations and ‘experts’ imposing their own copyright restrictions on use and innovation.
- create thereby a change movement that can work together for community-led social justice advocacy.
Conditions of use
The materials are free for use and adaptation for noncommercial and ethical purposes under Creative Commons protocols, on condition that :
- you notify Linda Mayoux through filling in the comment form below, stating the purpose for which you are using it. She will then contact you by email.
- there is a very clear and visible accreditation of the authors of the relevant materials and the implementing and funding organisations.
- there is a URL link to the original document on this website prominently displayed and a link to this copyright page.
- Linda Mayoux is cited as the originator of the PALS methodology and its GALS, FALS and other derivatives.
- you send Linda Mayoux a copy of the final document/public reports with a brief 200-500 word description so they can be posted on this blog.
- you subscribe to and post on Facebook for comment and input by others through: gamechangenetwork facebook page to contribute your ideas and experience to others.
For commercial purposes and use by private companies, application should be made to Linda Mayoux through filling in the comment form below.
An example of accreditation protocol:
For the original document and other PALS/GALS/FALS adaptations and experiences for livelihoods, value chain and coffee sector see: http://gamechangenetwork.org/empowerment-methodology-pals/ . For more about experiences of using the methodology elsewhere see links from: http://gamechangenetwork.org and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GAMEchange-Network. Any further adaptation and use of this document should observe the ethical Copyright principles stated in: http://gamechangenetwork.org/copyright/ in the interests of maintaining free use of the methodology and expanding the gender advocacy movement. Any errors of translation or interpretation (and also credit for further innovation) lie with the authors.
Photography
Unless otherwise stated all photographs on this website are copyrighted to Linda Mayoux. They can be downloaded as long as they are accredited with a link to the website page.
High resolution versions of the images are available on: http://www.zemniimages.com/GAMEchangeNetwork.
All are password-protected but free to use by the participants, partner organisations and sponsors of the relevant project. That is to protect the people in photographs and also the interests of the project and funders.
If other people want to use these images, please send a request as a comment to the homepage of this website and I or the relevant organisation will get back to you.
2 responses to “Copyright and Usage”
Dear Innocent,
I am so sorry for the delay in replying. I had to disable comments on the site because of Spam and Trollbots that threatened to take things down. And for some reason did not get e-mail notification of your comment.
You are very welcome to download, use and copy any of the manuals etc on the site for educational/empowerment purposes with appropriate accreditation and URL of the website as source so that people can also access updates.
If you need tools/formats not on this site already, please let me know. I will be updating materials in the site mid-August to mid-September. I will also see if I can reinstate subscriptions and also the Facebook network.
If you use Google Translate you can get a rough French translation of the website text. I think also Kinyarwanda – there are quite a few regional/national African languages and I am told translation is pretty good.
I would very much like to hear more about your work. I worked quite a bit in Rwanda. If you want to write a short account/testimonial with photos I can put it on the site (mobile phone photos are fine).
Good Morning. I would like to have a copy of these tools that I will be using at school and in my young non-profit organization. I am lecturer at Centre for Gender Studies of the University of Rwanda and have recently initiated a non-profit foundation which helps individuals and families challenges by life circumstances. So these tools will be very instrumental in these perspectives.