About This Site

This site is independent of the Parish Council or any government body and has been financed by the proceeds from the Millennium History of Finmere. It has been authored and designed by Andy Boddington but the original site is now closed.
This site is a copy of the original, but in line with the principles of "copyleft", will be updated, as and when appropriate

Copyleft

Copyleft is a concept that seeks to preserve an author's intellectual property right to be acknowledged as the originator of a piece of work. At the same time, copyleft:

• allows that work to be freely copied and improved
• providing that due acknowledgment is made to the original author.

Copyleft began in the world of computer software but has much broader applicability to printed texts, web sites and other works of intellect. 

finmere.org.uk is subject to copyleft, which means that permission is granted to all to:

• make one or more copies of any of the pages of the site for research, education or other purposes
• copy the pages onto other websites, newsgroups, etc. or use them in articles, newsletters, etc.
• make modified copies of these pages in any way that enhances the quality and integrity of the pages as statements of contemporary or historical fact and interpretation.

This permission is freely granted on condition that one of the following statements accompanies each copy or modification:

• Source: finmere.org.uk on [date]
• Includes: Information from finmere.org.uk on [date]

The request for a date is simply that this site is, like all others, under continual development. 

Where pages contain copyright material, this is stated and the usual copyright rules override copyleft. Please assume that all photographs on the site remain in copyright. 

Finally, if you like this idea—why not use it for your work? After all, this statement is copyleft...