On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Lawrence Lessig wrote: > Thanks for the note. These are restrictions which the publisher imposes, not > I. I have been arguing with them persistently to permit free distribution > online, but so far I have failed. > > Unfortunately, this is not "strange behavior". There is no publisher of work > in my field that permits free online access. But again, I am doing what I > can to request it.
Oh, I see. Sorry for my provoking and possibly insulting wording. I seem to have misjudged your intentions. But why must you use a publisher from your field? Have you tried O'Reilly? They published the book "Free as in freedom" (faifzilla.org), and the author of that book seems to be allowed to have a free online version. Also, couldn't you ask FSF to publish your book in paper form? RMS's book is published by FSF's inhouse book publisher. I don't think neither O'Reilly nor FSF would find your book "off topic". Is it to late to be allowed to change your mind now? Did you sign a contract giving your current publisher exclusive rights to publish your book(s)? > GPL and FDL are poor licenses for literary works other than instructional > manuals. That's why the FSF recommends a Creative Commons license. My work > is licensed under a Founders Copyright, which means I wave any copyright > after 14 years. They do? I didn't know that. Since I trust FSF (as much as a paranoid person as I can) I'll read about that license too. It's quite time consuming to form informed opinions about these issues. I'll get back to you in about six months or so ;). > > Hello, > > > > I want to read your book about freedom. But it seems as if you restrict me > > from freely doing so? Why? I've read RMS's book online. He posts every > > text that is in his book, online for everyone to read. > > > > I will not read your book about freedom until you give me the freedom to > > do so. Until you change this strange behaviour I will read everything else > > you write with great suspicion. > > > > Preferably you should license the online book with GPL or FDL. -- Regards, Tommy - http://www.geocities.com/todu5811/autosignature?1055 RFC2440 fingerprint: 4445 BB5E AE67 A0C9 7B25 5715 F938 88CB 7A10 2364