[In the thread "Re: A request for permission to use copyrighted FAQ's",
many have expressed a modicum of greed.]
} Good idea!. In addition to helping RTFM grow (or keep stable) i suggest a
} portion (perhaps just a small bit, 5 or 10 percent) go to help freenets
} or any system that provides access to the iNet for free or little cost.
This discussion so far suggests that the few thousand $ of potential
revenue the compilation author may derive should in whole or in part
be split up between organizations that already have external funding.
Why not then be even fairer and subsidize, to the tune of a few pennies
each, those even more in need of support. What about MANS (totally
member-funded Municipal Area IP Networks)? What about those who have
for a decade or more provided anonymous UUCP/ftp/etc sites at no charge,
paid for by the owners earnings elsewhere? What about all the FAQ-
maintainers who have to *purchase* their own hardware and connectivity
out of pocket, so that they are able to create and post FAQs and engage
in other worthy support of the 'NET? Why subsidize those who already
have sugar-daddies paying their expenses while ignoring those in greater
need? Who shall determine who is most worthy? Sure, ask the compilation
authors to hire accountants who can charge them more for this distribution
of funds than what the total funds will amount to. Then everyone (except
of course the bean-counters) can receive nothing each. What's the point?
Why not just allow the compilation authors to simply derive some pittance
for their compilation efforts? They'll have earned it. Alternatively,
why not just tell the prospective authors that they shouldn't even bother
to try and more broadly disseminate the FAQs for the greater good of the
'NET.
I'll have to email these folk permission to use any FAQ I produce, just
as soon as I can find a moment to take away from the productive endeavours
I must engage in so that I can support my own personal net.do.good efforts.
I do agree that they must state that the FAQs they publish are dated and
most likely have been superseded by the time the book hits the press.
Proper attribution is also a must. Receipt of a copy of the completed
work would be nice, if there's enough money to actually support such a
mailing. After all, if it actually ever makes it to print, it's likely to
be one *hell* of a large set of volumes. A CD ROM might make more sense.
--
Ed. A. Hew, <edhew@xenitec.on.ca> ....!uunet.ca!xenitec!eah
XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener ON, Canada +1 519 570 9848
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