Re: "UNIX In Plain English" by Kevin Richard & Eric F. Johnson,MIS Press. (Reading List HOWTO)

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

Okay, before this gets out of hand, let me make few things clear.


Paul Newman pgen com wrote:
> 
> Let's not start a flame war, but you could make the same argument
> about burning CDs of linux distributions (instead of buying official
> distributions) cheating its authors out of their share options.

No, you can't.  Why?  Because the copyright those Linux CDs were
released under permits exactly that.  Read it sometime.

> I presume the author chose to make this available on line, so be it.

I have no idea what the authors' intentions are or were, but
unless they specifically gave up their right to copy control,
they own it.  _ANY_ distribution, online or otherwise, requires
the explicit permission of the authors, and anyone distributing
without their knowledge or against their wishes is fairly likely
to get sued--and lose.

If anyone feels like passing books around, you had better check out
exactly what the authors allow or you may end up owing them a lot
more than $14.95.  If anyone doesn't like this, take it up in court.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com