> > This is a HOOT! Send it to Slashdot or Linux.com; it needs to be published. > > /. ? Better send it to debianplanet.org... > >
I'm afraid we can't do that. As you know we at Debian take copyright very seriously so I did a google search on the author and only came up with this: JALDHAR H. Vyas Pen name of Marguerite Gumbey, English writer [1895-1992]. Born to a genteel yet impoverished junior branch of the Hapsburg family, Marguerite Gumbey lived a quiet, undistinguished life until World War II when while flying bomber missions for the R.A.F., she wrote the first draft of her magnum opus, "The Heart Is An Open Source." Lambasted by the critics, the book suffered near disaster when the publisher tried to force the title to be changed to "The Heart Is Free (As In Speech, Not Beer) And Has No Affiliation With The Open Source Movement Which I Detest For Its' Insufficent Promotion Of The Idea Of Freedom." But it overcame such difficulties and became much beloved by readers, sending it to the top of the bestseller charts on all continents. (fifteen years later, the Klingon translation would acheive the same feat.) Although they never reached quite so dizzying heights, her later books such as 1964's "The Cathedral And The Boudoir", the 1965 short story collection, "Tales Of Lust, Treachery, And Emacs", and 1971's "Valley Of The Penguins", were also popular though not without controversy. For instance 1973's "RFC 4917: A Decongestion Algorithm For Symmetric Digital Subscriber Lines" was banned in Australia and New Zealand for its' explicit sexuality. In her final years, Marguerite retired to a Carmelite convent in Shropshire where she remained until her untimely death at 97 in a freak toner cartridge replacement accident. So you see without the permission of the author or her estate, this work cannot be reproduced elsewhere until it passes into the public domain around 2062. I've heard the Gutenberg Project have already expressed an interest. -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [no relation]
