discuss: Guides page
Subject:
Re: Guides page
From:
Mark Komarinski ####@####.####
Date:
16 Feb 2001 20:26:56 -0000
Message-Id: <3A8D8D04.D0B5332@valinux.com>
ObDisclaimer: I've published 4 books through PTR (Prentice Hall).
Before you (or if you were going to) fly off the handle at PTR,
I've been talking with PTR regarding a Tuning Linux book.
So far, my editor at PTR has accepted a GPL-ish license for
the book, so that once it's finished, it would be released to
the LDP. So far, I'm getting a touch of pushback from my editor about
the fact that other publishers can publish the work, but he says this
isn't a deal killer.
BTW, anyone want to help me with a Tuning Linux book??
-Mark
David Merrill wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 07:55:32AM -0500, David Merrill wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 07:31:26AM -0500, David Merrill wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 12:46:55AM -0800, Steven Peck wrote:
> > > > Greetings,
> > > >
> > > > I was scrolling through your guides page http://www.linuxdoc.org/guides.html
> > > > and I noticed that one item was severely outdated.
> > > >
> > > > The RUTE Users Tutorial and Exposition v0.3 Last update March 2000 is on
> > > > http://rute.sourceforge.net at version 0.8.5 and available in many
> > > > formats(html, pdf, ps)
> > > >
> > > > I do not know your process for how you get submissions, etc, so I though I
> > > > would notify here. I origanally found thr RUTE guide on the LDP site and
> > > > later stumbled across the more updated version on sourceforge.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info. I will follow up on it.
> >
> > This document isn't free even by the most generous standards. Take a
> > look at the license. I'm not following up on this; I'd rather see the
> > document pulled from the LDP. The license is just too restrictive for
> > me. For example, it would be a violation if I were to print a copy for
> > my mom - only the intended reader can initiate a hard copy. It cannot
> > be distributed publicly, so we couldn't give it out at LWE or another
> > conference.
>
> Update: I heard back from the author, let him know of our concerns,
> and basically told him if it wasn't freely redistributable we
> wouldn't publish it. He says it is being published by prentice-hall,
> so depending on his contract with them, he may not even be able to
> license it properly.
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