Subject: Re: DSSSL Documentation Project? From: Tony Graham <tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:13:12 -0400 (EDT) |
At 14 Jun 1997 07:43 -0400, Paul Prescod wrote: > But between now and then, I would rather administer (some) control of it > myself. > > I already use and publish my tutorial for courses that I teach. Would I > have to contact the foundation to get permission to do this in the > future? What if the combined manual is not publishable for another two > years. Perhaps in the meantime, a publisher wants to publish a portion > of it. The foundation would have to negotiate with them on behalf of > the relevant authors. The foundation might reject an offer that I would > have accepted. That sounds like a hassle for all parties. I understand. I thought I'd posted something about this to the list, but it turned out I'd been replying to private mail. Here's what I said in unexpectedly private mail on Thursday: | Perhaps all that is needed is a copyright statement that says | explicitly that the material can't be used for profit. | | Also, wouldn't it be workable for major sections such as tutorials to | remain under the copyright of their authors? Does it really matter | who owns the copyright provided all the material is equally freely | distributable? | | That wouldn't really work for stuff comprised of really small chunks | such as an FAQ comprised of lots of small sections. I guess we still | need a trusted entity in which to vest the copyright for when tracking | copyright of individual chunks isn't worth the effort or when an | author doesn't wanted to be bothered about who has the copyright | provided no-one turns the material into a $50 book. The only other thing I would add is that there are many FAQs that thrive because of their contributors but are under the sole copyright of the FAQ maintainer/editor. Regards, Tony Graham ======================================================================= Tony Graham, Consultant Mulberry Technologies, Inc. Phone: 301-231-6931 6010 Executive Blvd., Suite 608 Fax: 301-231-6935 Rockville, MD USA 20852 email: tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ======================================================================= DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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