Re: Tolkein (was Re: PDD for code comments ????)

[Buddha Buck]

At 06:18 PM 02-20-2001 +0000, Nicholas Clark wrote:
>As long as Terry Pratchett writes books faster than perl consumes quotes.
>Based on the fact that he's still very alive, we aren't in danger yet.

True...  And he has some very good quotes.

>However, Larry has already commented on the danger of running out of LOTR
>quotes:
>
>http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2000-02/msg00369.html

That thread does raise another concern in my mind.  While a quote here and 
a quote there would constitute "Fair Use", if we are seriously in danger of 
running out of quotes, we are pushing the bounds of "Fair Use".

I think, for copyright considerations alone, it's worth expanding to other 
authors.

"Literate Programming"?  Well, the Perl source is well read...

>Nicholas Clark