| What did I say ? We don't want to make money, we don't want anybody else
| making money on our work without asking.
| As you can see, we agree 100%.
I have mixed feelings about this issue. On the one hand, my FAQ's have been
printed and distributed (with my consent) by a good many folks who felt they
would be useful. That gratified me.
On the other hand, I turned down one approach (CD-ROM publisher) because I
felt that the FAQ's (Holocaust-related) weren't really mine to sell - i.e. I
put together, in an order I felt was useful, a lot of work that other folks
had done. I felt that the citations used fell within "fair use" guidelines,
but that that did not entitle _me_ to benefit financially, just because I
had arranged them in some fashion or other.
Should I decide to get commercial benefit, it is my belief that I would have
to re-write the works and reduce the citations, paraphrase a great deal
more, etc.
I have no problem with some FAQ authors selling their work for a profit -
Lord knows it is difficult and time-consuming to put one of these puppies
together, let alone maintain them, and I see no reason why an author
shouldn't enjoy compensation if he has an opportunity presented to him.
--
/^\__/^\ The Old Frog's Almanac
/ @ @ \ A Salute to That Old Frog Himse'f, Ryugen Fisher
( ) Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
\ ~~~~ /
_|{ >--< }|_ kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca
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