[cc-community] Promoting a CC book, Thicker Than Blood
drew Roberts
zotz at 100jamz.com
Sat Jun 10 16:32:14 EDT 2006
On Saturday 10 June 2006 03:32 pm, M.A.Newhall wrote:
> Hello
>
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, drew Roberts wrote:
> > but no indication of a CC license at all. Which CC license is the book
> > under?
>
> I decided to put that on a separate page on the website under
> the "license" link in the lower right hand corner. The URL to the
> Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License is also in the beginning of
> the pdf file.
Now I see it. I don't like what I see, but that is a different issue. (I like
to see BY-SA and BY licenses in that order btw. Stems from liking to see GPL
and BSD licenses in that same order - ignoring lgpl and MIT, etc.)
As for places... ourmedia.org is one place. Then there is lulu, but someone
already mentioned that.
>
> People were getting confused by all the links, text and
> instructions on the site, so when I simplified the site, I put it on a
> separate page.
>
> Do you think that effects the legal status? 99% of the open
> source stuff doesn't discuss license until after you download and open the
> package.
Well, not on freshmeat and sourceforge. I check licenses before downloading
and trying stuff out. I want Free Software.
>
> Also what about just including the URL instead of the full text of
> the license? A lot of people tell me they won't read a book unless they
> can print it, so I was trying to save a tree. But is the license it still
> binding then?
>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>---
> >
> > Hey, a fellow LUG person. I am with the bslug - bslug.org (Bahamas Linux
> > Users Group) but our site is down this last week. (I think someone may
> > have forgotten to pay the hoster.)
> >
> > Where on Long Island do you meet? (I have friends and family up that
> > way.)
>
Family is/was Dix Hills and friends in No. Bellmore if the address book is
correct.
> We meet at SUNY Farmingdale in Farmingdale NY (on Route 110.) We have
> been around for about 8 years. It's pretty big these days. About 50
> people a meeting and over 300 on the mailing list.
What sorts of things do you all do?
>
> > all the best,
> >
> > drew
>
> Thank you.
>
> Matt
>
all the best,
drew
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