Yes, thank you Raul, I am interested …
After more exploration, others and you might be interested:
http://www.softwarepreservation.org/search?SearchableText=APL
for me, the above link returned 115 items, although there appears to be some
duplication.
Regardless there are more than a few treasures, including KEI’s 1962 book A
Programming Language.
Also IBM System’s Journal 25th Anniversary APL edition; An introduction to APL
for Scientists and Engineers, A Dictionary of APL, ...
Searching for ‘J’ returns too many irrelevant links, example: J. W. Backus
{fortunately there’s jsoftware.com}
From: Raul Miller<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: May 1, 2021 22:53
To: Chat forum<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Jchat] Skip: E. J. LeCuyer and copyright
You are right, the copyright on that book is 1978, not 1961. I don't
know what the 1961 date was about.
And, that said, you might also be interested in
https://www.springer.com/gp/rights-permissions/obtaining-permissions/882
Thanks,
--
Raul
On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 9:27 PM G L <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> itcswAPL was published c. 43 years ago, 1978
>
> APL: KEI published A Programming Language in 1962 c. 59 years ago.
>
> Springer has claimed copyright in 1978 for itcswAPL and likely has not
> relinquished it.
>
> From: Raul Miller<mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: May 1, 2021 15:17
> To: Chat forum<mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Jchat] Skip: E. J. LeCuyer and copyright
>
> Publishing is not automatically a copyright violation. (And, web
> availability is a form of publishing.)
>
> Meanwhile, if a work is useful and not generating sales, it can be
> entirely reasonable to make it available for free download. In this
> case, given that the thing was first published 60 years ago, it has
> probably long since generated as much revenue as is reasonably likely.
> And, if it becomes popular, that would be a marketing signal...
>
> Consider, also, that modern machines are often deducted for tax
> purposes for about five years. This strongly suggests that most
> downloaded copies of this book probably would only live for a few
> years.
>
> Take care,
>
> --
> Raul
>
> On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 1:52 PM G L <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Skip shared: Mon., Feb. 8, 2021
> >
> > Searching the web for books referencing "Howard Peelie" I found this book:
> > Introduction to College Mathematics with A Programming Language
> > <http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/apl/Books/CollegeMathematicswithAPL>
> >
> > The author is E. J. LeCuyer. but he lists the following credit in the
> > forward:
> > "To Howard PeelIe for all of his help"
> >
> > THE LINK gets a .pdf
> >
> > is that not a copyright violation?
> >
> > on downloading and virus scanning, it’s REAL and safe.
> >
> > How is this legally possible?
> >
> > The © notice in my printed hard cover copy is 1978 ... depending on
> > country, copyright notice tends to be more than 41 years.
> >
> > When itcmwAPL was printed in the last century we did not have e-books
> > widely available before Project Gutenberg in 1971.
> >
> > Just wondering ... glad it’s available .. my hard copy was CDN$17.80 in
> > 1978 ... the paperback on Amazon is today US$85 ... hardcover on Amazon is
> > cheaper (perhaps used) ... it does not seem to be available as an e-book
> > from Amazon.
> >
> > ???
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