Re: A request for permission to use copyrighted FAQ's
Tom Holub (tom@soda.berkeley.edu)
Wed, 16 Mar 1994 15:01:24 -0800 (PST)
Mark Friedman writes:
>
> ** From: tmatimar@empress.com (Ted M A Timar)
> ** Date: Tue, 15 Mar 94 10:45:17 EST
> **
> ** I am rather concerned by this attempt to publish the FAQs.
> ** As I see it, Daniel Zwillinger and Mark Friedman have decided to
> ** make money based on the work of a lot of other people. I have a
> ** lot of problems authorizing someone to make money from my work,
> ** when I myself do the work voluntarily.
>
> I really don't expect that we will be making a lot of money with this
> project. My motivation is mostly to take an extroadinarly useful source of
> information (FAQ's) and turn it into a useable text reference book. I
> have a lot of Internet-deprived friends who have expressed interest in
> such a reference work. However, if the consensus of the
> faq-maintainers is that such a book is against Internet society
> principles, I, for one, will back out of the project.
While I realize this could be a logistical nightmare, why not consider
allowing FAQ maintainers whose FAQ's you use to share the profits?
Certainly they in the aggregate have done more for this book than you
will. Give us 3 options: 1, no, you can't use my FAQ; 2, yes, you can
use my FAQ but if you make money I want to, too; 3, yes, you can use my
FAQ with no restrictions.
The volunteer work that all FAQ maintainers do is admirable, but I doubt
there are many who would turn down compensation if it were offered to them.
-Tom
[
Usenet Hypertext FAQ Archive |
Search Mail Archive |
Authors |
Usenet
]
[
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997
]
faq-admin@landfield.com
© Copyright The Landfield Group, 1997
All rights reserved