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[Pacific Edge Permaculture + Media <pacedge@magna.com.au>]

Title: Re: Holmgren Collected Writings

The release of David Holmgren's material online has stimulated discussion on the international pemaculture listserv about hacking the PDF print-protection coding to enable the document to be printed from David's websit.

As a point of interest (separate to the discussion about ethics and copyright on the international listserv) and as a small technical point, the desire to print the protected documents available in PDF format is that PDF was not intended for screen reading. PDF is designed to retain the layout of documents for printing and is now used to transfer documents to printers. PDF files are not recommended for screen reading as they are more difficult to read.

Adobe, who devised PDF, published a free, downloadable PDF reader on their website and makes it available to computer manufacturers such as Apple to include free with their operating system. The full program using the PDF coding is called Acrobat... it retails for several hundred dollars and enables you to work in the Acrobat space, giving you considerably more possibilities with documents.

Abobe also provide a free, downloadable PDF-based e-book reader. This makes use of font sharpening technology which renders fonts more readable in PDF. It also provides the option of turning off the print button on people's computers. To publish PDF e-books, however, you must purchase the Adobe authoring software. This could be an option for people interested in online book publishing.

...Russ Grayson
> From: David Holmgren & Su Dennett <holmgren@netconnect.com.au>
> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:40:16 +1100
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Cc: permaculture-oceania@explode.unsw.edu.au
> Subject: Holmgren Collected Writings

> David Holmgren Collected Writings 1978-2000 is now available on CD from Holmgren Design Services
>
> This collection of 28 magazine articles, conference papers, public lectures, book review and other work by David Holmgren provide a deeper insight into the thinking  behind the Permaculture concept and its many applications. Together they trace the ongoing evolution and explanation of permaculture to a wide range of audiences by its lesser known author. 
>
> They will be of particular  interest to permaculture teachers and practitioners and provide a glimpse of some of the ideas which have contributed to the long awaited new book (still in press) by  David Holmgren,  Permaculture: Principles and  Pathways To Sustainability.
>
> These articles can be downloaded as screen readable pdfs from http://www.spacountry.net.au/holmgren/CollWrit.html  but cannot be printed nor can text be selected for pasting into other documents .  (These blocks protect the integrity of writings posted on web sites).
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> On the other hand, the  CD allows readers full access to these articles including printing and the author invites permaculture teachers to reproduce them and use them where appropriate in Permaculture Design Courses and other purposes.
>
> The CD also contains some biographical photos which relate to the articles and some further references to the Holmgren Design Services and other web sites.
>
> The CD is PC and Mac compatible and costs A$25.00 plus postage from Holmgren Design Services
>
> Contact Su Dennett
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> 16 Fourteenth St,
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> Australia.
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> Email holmgren@netconnect.com.au
> Website http://www.spacountry.net.au/holmgren