On 9/5/07, Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > while we're sharing essays, i began writing this section on > free-culture-type issues into an essay about freedom in general and my > search for more of it, but it ended up being a little less relevant to my > thesis than a couple of my other topics, so i cut it out after writing half > of it. I thought i should put it up on the interwebs in case anyone would > like to build on it to make the kind of short intro to the issues that you > guys have been talking about. Keep in mind that I wrote it before reading > all of Free Culture by Lessig, so there are bound to be some inaccuracies > and general oversights. The one thing that it has going for it is that it > uses concrete examples that people will hopefully be able to relate to. > > http://docs.google.com/View?docid=d63zmkm_17fz8j9m
I would suggest avoiding Google Docs when posting essays because (from what I can tell; let me know if I'm wrong) it requires people have a Google account. Maybe most people don't mind getting a Google account to read an article, but it makes the article much less "free". If people get a Google account to read the article, then they are more likely to use Google services. While I wouldn't say that Google services are bad, you probably don't want to inadvertently promote when posting an article on free culture. A better alternative would be to post the essay on your own web site or find someone with a web site who doesn't mind posting it for you. I don't mind hosting essays in some sub-directory of my web site (http://ossguy.com/) if people need hosting. Denver _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
