[Mike Clarkson <mike@python.net>] Re: [Maxima] Maxima reference manual

Thanks for the answer but please let's keep the discussion on the
mailing list.

Wolfgang

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From: Richard Fateman <fateman at cs>
Subject: Re: [Maxima] Maxima reference manual
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 07:40:36 -0700
Message-ID: <3F1FEFE4.8080503@cs.berkeley.edu>

> There is an alternative form of "GPL" for documentation,
> which you can read about.  The simplest thing to do is
> to assert copyright to something you wrote
>   (i.e. say who owns it) and then, AS THE OWNER
> give permission to use it however YOU want it to be used.
> There is a chance someone would steal it, but they couldn't
> assert THEIR copyright on it.

That's all I really want. One day I would like to publish it as a book for
real, and if that day ever comes, I'd like to have the copyright in hand
when I approach a publisher.

> Who is going to pursue you for distributing stuff that
> could be obtained from the internet legally and free?

Not I.

> I think you worry too much.

Me too. In essence, I turned off and tuned out of the GPL wars years ago.

Maybe RJF, who seems to be of a like mind to my way of thinking, could dream
up one sentence that says you can do what you want with it along as
the copyright is intact, but I retain the right to publish it as a book...

Mike.

(Personally I feel that a copyrighten real publishered book is an
essential ingredient to Maxima making further progress. Just my HO.)

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