Subject:
Re: Guides page
From:
David Merrill ####@####.####
Date:
16 Feb 2001 21:09:25 -0000
Message-Id: <20010216160819.A3639@lupercalia.net>
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 03:26:22PM -0500, Mark Komarinski wrote:
> 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.
I didn't mean to imply anything beyond the fact that they were, to me,
an unknown quantity. And to the author, too. Thanks for the info,
though. It seems possible they will go along with a more open license.
Let's hope so.
> BTW, anyone want to help me with a Tuning Linux book??
Not me. Sorry.
>
> -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 and I noticed that one item was severely outdated.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.
>
> --
> Mark Komarinski - Senior Systems Engineer - VA Linux Systems
> (cell) 978-697-2228
> (email) ####@####.####
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