discuss: My obsolete HOWTOs being sold as a book
Subject:
RE: My obsolete HOWTOs being sold as a book
From:
"Patrick K. O'Brien" ####@####.####
Date:
24 Feb 2001 16:51:25 -0000
Message-Id: <NBBBIOJPGKJEKIECEMCBMEJAJIAA.pobrien@orbtech.com>
FYI, here is a segment from the Linux Install HOWTO by esr. Sounds like the
kind of notice you were looking for. HTH.
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10. Administrivia
10.1. Terms of Use
This document is copyright 1998 by Eric S. Raymond. You may use,
disseminate, and reproduce it freely, provided you:
* Do not omit or alter this copyright notice (you may translate it)
* Do not omit or alter or omit the version number and date.
* Do not omit or alter the document's pointer to the current WWW version.
* Clearly mark any condensed, altered or versions as such.
These restrictions are intended to protect potential readers from stale or
mangled versions. If you think you have a good case for an exception, ask
me.
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Patrick K. O'Brien
Orbtech (http://www.orbtech.com)
"I am, therefore I think."
-----Original Message-----
From: David Merrill ####@####.####
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 10:14 PM
To: ####@####.####
Subject: Re: My obsolete HOWTOs being sold as a book
We recommend the use of the GFDL or OPL sans options A & B. Either of
these licenses allows you to include nonvariant sections such as you
describe. Maybe recommending that authors use those features to
prevent this occurrence. The license recommendations are already in
the LAG.
The request to check for a newer version, along with the link to the
LDP and to the author's `official' site should be recommended in the
LAG, I think. I don't have time to do it; I'm reviewing documents.
I've just scratched the surface. :-/
