Re: "Against Intellectual Property"

From: Jon Noring <noring[_at_]netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 06:58:28 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Eric Eldred <eldred[_at_]eldritchpress.org> wrote:
>
> Yes, I think publishers like O'Reilly and Associates, who print
> books on open source software, have some experience with this
> and are struggling like I am to find the right copyright model.
>
> It turns out that there are several books that are copyrighted
> and free online (for the complete work) and also sold by a
> print publisher in paper. They are not very well known, but
> apparently the arrangement is satisfactory so far.

An example of this I know of is by O'Reilly:

   http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/docbook/chapter/book/docbook.html

The complete book is available online for free, while the paper copy is sold in stores.

Jon Noring
<noring[_at_]netcom.com> Received on Sat Aug 05 2000 - 13:59:26 GMT

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