It seems my position has been slightly misunderstood by some. I'd
like to try to state it again more clearly (it's really a question),
so people can properly classify themselves as pro-Freeman or
anti-Freeman. :-)
Suppose these events happen:
Person X writes a FAQ.
X decides not to ever make money from the FAQ.
Publisher Y asks X whether Y can make a book
including the FAQ. Since X has decided not to
make money from the FAQ, X's profit is not relevant to my
question. Since Y asked, rudeness on Y's part is not
relevant to my question.
Person X refuses unconditionally.
Publisher Y does not publish the FAQ.
My question is, what motives can we attribute to X in this situation?
One answer I can come up with myself is some combination of envy and
covetousness, so we don't need to repeat that answer. Other answers
that have been suggested that I understood and can remember are:
* concern about legal unknowns
* concern that the resulting book will be cheaply produced
* concern that the resulting book will discredit your ideas by
association; for instance, it might have my Cryonics FAQ with the
Necrophilia FAQ, the Frozen Foods FAQ, and the Sadomasochism with Liquid
Nitrogen FAQ; more plausibly, it might have the Holocaust FAQ followed by a
detailed and false rebuttal in a revisionist history book.
Another possible answer is that nobody would do what Person X did, so
my question is stupid. At one time, I thought somebody was actually
willing to play the role of Person X, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe
Person X could have accepting with some strings attatched about
production quality or the topics of the rest of the book.
Detwiler, the answer to one of the questions you have asked about me
is buried in this post. Can you find it? This is fun; maybe I should
get a job as a rodeo clown.
Tim anti-Freeman
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