From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF3A37EEB6 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 18:16:20 +0100 (CET) Received-SPF: None (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of john@coherentgraphics.co.uk) identity=pra; client-ip=188.64.186.31; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="john@coherentgraphics.co.uk"; x-sender="john@coherentgraphics.co.uk"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: None (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of john@coherentgraphics.co.uk) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=188.64.186.31; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="john@coherentgraphics.co.uk"; x-sender="john@coherentgraphics.co.uk"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: None (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of postmaster@bluemoon3.ukhost4u.com) identity=helo; client-ip=188.64.186.31; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="john@coherentgraphics.co.uk"; x-sender="postmaster@bluemoon3.ukhost4u.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqYEAPOaDlG8QLofamdsb2JhbABEhgG5MhYOFAQmJ4IfAQEFOEABEAsHEQkTAw8JAwIBAgFFBg6IGr57kVIDqWw X-IPAS-Result: AqYEAPOaDlG8QLofamdsb2JhbABEhgG5MhYOFAQmJ4IfAQEFOEABEAsHEQkTAw8JAwIBAgFFBg6IGr57kVIDqWw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,595,1355094000"; d="scan'208";a="912914" Received: from bluemoon3.ukhost4u.com ([188.64.186.31]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 03 Feb 2013 18:12:22 +0100 Received: from 78-105-203-81.zone3.bethere.co.uk ([78.105.203.81]:55900 helo=feast.lan) by bluemoon3.ukhost4u.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1U238P-0001Qo-IZ; Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:13:42 +0000 Message-ID: <510E9B5F.7030105@coherentgraphics.co.uk> Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:16:15 +0000 From: John Whitington User-Agent: Postbox 3.0.7 (Macintosh/20130119) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jon Harrop CC: 'Sergei Winitzki' , 'Florent Monnier' , caml-list@inria.fr References: <018801ce022f$5e1f2160$1a5d6420$@ffconsultancy.com> In-Reply-To: <018801ce022f$5e1f2160$1a5d6420$@ffconsultancy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - bluemoon3.ukhost4u.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - inria.fr X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - coherentgraphics.co.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: bluemoon3.ukhost4u.com: authenticated_id: john@coherentgraphics.co.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Looking for the book by Narbel Hi, Jon Harrop wrote: >> If it's not printed anymore, maybe the author would accept to release >> a .pdf under a CC license. Even a CC license with NC and/or ND would >> make it enough for people to read it free of charge. > > If the book was published by the mainstream press then the author will have > handed over copyright to the publisher in which case the author's wishes are > irrelevant and republishing it is punishable IP theft. If the author does > still own the copyright, why give it away for free when you could sell it? Many publishing contracts (including mine with O'Reilly) state that the copyright can revert back to the author if the publisher refuses to keep the book in print; this might be an option for the author to investigate. Cheers, -- John Whitington Director, Coherent Graphics Ltd http://www.coherentpdf.com/