Subject: Re: DSSSL Documentation Project? From: Tony Graham <tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 14:40:11 -0400 (EDT) |
At 14 Jun 1997 12:41 -0400, Daniel M. German wrote: > If I can second the request for an reason, this would explain it if it > was Yuri the beneficiary of such copyright. But the foundation only > bears his name. Why to the foundation? What do they do that I'd like > to support? See http://www.yuri.org. The home page is a bit sparse, but the newsletter and donation information pages should give you an idea of the work of the foundation. Also see my previous mail in this thread: big chunks can remain under the copyright of their authors (or editors) provided the material is freely distributable. The third-party copyright idea is for reassurance that if you write something and hand over its copyright to "the DSSSL Documentation Project" then no-one (e.g. me) will be able to put your work in their $50 book without your permission while you get nothing. If there is any money to be made from our collective efforts (which itself isn't certain), and if we make YRIF the beneficiary of that money (which still isn't certain), then you, me, and the rest of the contributors may get nothing but at least we can feel good about it. We are all capable of working together while the information is all free, it's this vexed money question that is the problem. Naming a third-party beneficiary of any money is meant to ease this tension. Another side of this vexing question is, if someone places a large chunk of work under the banner of the DSSSL Documentation Project, retains the copyright, and receives contributions and enhancements from other people working under the same banner, can they use that material elsewhere for their own benefit? Can they do so and still expect to receive contributions towards a second edition? We don't know what the copyright arrangement will be, but once we do, if there is material that people have written that they don't want to place under that arrangement but still want some association with the project, we can still reference their material from the project's web page, and both the project's web page and their material can be referenced from pages like the DSSSL section of Robin Cover's SGML Web Page. I, for one, don't want the DSSSL Documentation Project to be the only game in town, and I hope I've never conveyed that impression. 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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