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- --- big-dummys-guide-texi/$Id: COPYLITE,v 2.2 1994/02/06 13:54:21 joke Rel $
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- * WHATZ COPYLITE?
-
- Copyright in a virtual medium is something very hard to define and/or
- persue. In general you should treat this book as you would treat any other
- book, with the following exceptions:
-
- * If you think any information given in this guide is partially invalid or
- simply wrong, rewrite the paragraph(s) and send them to the Texinfo
- editor/coordinator. Notes of this kind are greatly appreciated even
- if you cannot provide a rewritten paragraph, just tell what you think
- is wrong.
-
- * If you think information is omitted and/or must be provided on
- subjects not yet discussed herein, no problem, drop the current
- Texinfo editor/coordinator your new Texinfo @node and it will
- be included in future releases.
-
- These ideas are not that brandnew, usually this is what happens to
- FreeWare software packages, posted to The Net. But as time goes by and
- MultiMedia and electronically available texts (e-text) become more and
- more common, these give-aways are also well-suited for distribution
- under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL). Anyway, there's a subtle
- but intriguing difference between software pieces and electronically
- available texts, i.e. a text "implements" it's authors view, and thus
- changing it would immediately "fake" it's contents.
-
- We conclude that there must be a facility to INDIVIDUALLY COPYRIGHT "pieces"
- of e-texts, such that reflected opinions CANNOT BE CHANGED, UNLESS THESE
- CHANGES ARE APPROVED BY THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR(s). WE THEREFORE CALL THE
- RESULTING PROTECTION SCHEME "COPYLITE," RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
- TRADITIONAL COPYRIGHT, AND THE GNUISH COPYLEFT PROTECTION SCHEMES.
-
- THE TERMS OF THE GPL APPLY TO THIS TEXINFO PACKAGE WITH A SINLGE BUT
- SIGNIFICANT EXCEPTION: YOU MUSN'T CHANGE THE INDIVIDUALLY COPYRIGHTED PARTS
- OF THE BIG DUMMY'S GUIDE TO THE INTERNET. THESE ARE LISTED BELOW:
-
- * COPYLITE: ``COPYLITE License''
- Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 by Joerg Heitkoetter. All rights reserved.
-
- * gpl.texi: ``GNU General Public License''
- Copyright (c) 1992 by Free Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
-
- * gday.texi: ``G'day, folks!''
- Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 by Joerg Heitkoetter. All rights reserved.
-
- * welcome.texi: ``Welcome''
- Copyright (c) 1994 by Mitchell Kapor. All rights reserved.
-
- * foreword.texi: ``Foreword''
- Copyright (c) 1993 by Mitch Kapor. All rights reserved.
-
- * nyt.texi: ``Subject: A Superhighway through the Wasteland?''
- Copyright (c) 1993 by New York Times Corporartions. All rights reserved.
-
- * preface.texi: ``Preface''
- * adam.texi: ``Conclusion: The End?''
- Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 by Adam Gaffin. All rights reserved.
-
- * howard.texi: ``A Slice of Life in My Virtual Community''
- Copyright (c) 1992 by Howartd Rheingold. All rights reserved.
-
- * bruce.texi: ``A Statement of Principle''
- Copyright (c) 1992 by Bruce Sterling. All rights reserved.
-
- * nren.texi: ``Subject: A Perspective on NREN''
- Copyright (c) 1993 by Greg Chartrand. All rights reserved.
-
- * emily.texi: ``Dear Emily Postnews''
- Copyright (c) 1991 by Brad Templeton. All rights reserved.
-
- * eff.texi: ``Information on the Electronic Frontier Foundation''
- Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 by EFF. All rights reserved.
-
- * isocodes.texi: ``ISO 3166 Country Codes''
- Copyright (c) 1993 by Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond. All rights reserved.
-
- * time.texi: ``Subject: TIME Article on Internet''
- Copyright (c) 1993 by Philip Elmer-Dewitt. All rights reserved.
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- RESPECT COPYLITE, ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY.
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