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--- big-dummys-guide-texi/$Id: COPYLITE,v 2.0 1994/01/29 17:41:17 joke Rel $
* 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 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) 1993 by Shari Steele. 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 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 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.
-=- * -=-
RESPECT COPYLITE, ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY.
-=- * -=-