Copyright and Credits

Please copy freely!

The original writings on this website or in any of its downloadable articles are by Jonathan Cowdery and / or Amy French. The title graphic and all icons are also by us, as is the overall design, layout, HTML code and CSS code (except for certain parts used as templates or inserted into the code). The Bible passages are not by us.

We'd like people to be completely free to use our work in appropriate ways. You can:

• make unlimited complete or partial copies or printouts
• distribute it for free or money, put it on your website, give it to people
• include or insert all or part of it into your work
• put it into another medium, reformat it, translate it into another language
• you don't have to credit us in any way, though mentioning www.dansfriends.com may help people find other articles that could help them

The only conditions are:

• you may not change the wording
• you may not change the meaning by using it out of context
• you may not use it in illegal or immoral ways
• you must satisfy any requirements for usage limits and copyright acknowledgements when using copyrighted Bible versions (easily done by printing from your browser or using the downloadable article links - see below)

We just make those rules to help prevent it being used in wrong ways. Please feel free to ask permission if you'd like to use it in a way you aren't sure about. Please note that any use of the site or its contents is at your own risk.

Bible passages

This section isn't legal advice - we're just offering our understanding. Use of quotations from copyrighted Bibles must legally meet the requirements of the copyright holders or publishers - something we think is horrible. For specific details of these requirements, which include usage limits and copyright acknowledgement, you can check these links.

• ESV reproduction conditions (http://www.gnpcb.org/page/esv.copyright)
• NASB reproduction conditions (http://lockman.gospelcom.net/tlf/copyright.php)
• NIV reproduction conditions (http://www.zondervan.com/desk/rights.asp?Page=permbible)
• NIV Internet reproduction conditions (http://www.zondervan.com/desk/rights.asp?Page=permweb)

We have designed the site's printer output, and included special links, so you can easily print or copy entire pages or articles. We believe the requirements will be met as long as you don't alter anything and it stays in text form. When printing individual pages we recommend using the Print option as usual in your browser. This will automatically format your printout nicely, include the appropriate copyright notices, and meet the usage limits. When printing or copying entire articles we recommend using the links provided on the left hand side of the screen. This too will automatically format your printout nicely, include the appropriate copyright notices, and meet the usage limits. These links are also handy for redistributions.

Copying and pasting text won't give you the required acknowledgements and may make it easier to accidentally go over usage limits. Reproduction in church bulletins and similar items may not require the full copyright notices.

Scripture quotations marked (ASV) are from The Holy Bible, American Standard Version, public domain.

Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked (KJV) are from The Holy Bible, King James Version, public domain.

Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible^®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation
Used by permission. (http://www.lockman.org)

Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
www.zondervan.com

Graphics

The title graphic and all icons and bullet graphics are by us, and you can use them if you follow the above guidelines. Any font glyphs incorporated into graphics are copyright but may be used in this image form.

The background textures are modified versions of a texture by Jason Waskey (www.pixelpoke.com), used by permission. He kindly offers dozens of original textures on his website for free, and they are of a very high quality. We do not have permission to allow others to reproduce this texture.

The fire picture on the Daniel's Friends (http://www.dansfriends.com/dansfriends.shtml) page is by Vicky S, used by permission. Modified by J Cowdery.

Miscellaneous

Any trademarks used on this website are owned by their respective holders, and are just used to identify products.

"Microsoft is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries."