Xref: utzoo comp.sources.d:5510 gnu.misc.discuss:1147 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!bu.edu!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mstar!mstar.morningstar.com!bob From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: copyright on books Message-ID: Date: 29 Jun 90 21:59:22 GMT References: <1168@umb.umb.edu> <387@necssd.NEC.COM> Sender: news@MorningStar.COM (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Organization: Morning Star Technologies Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: harrison@necssd.NEC.COM's message of 29 Jun 90 14:32:02 GMT In article <387@necssd.NEC.COM> harrison@necssd.NEC.COM (Mark Harrison) writes: If someone who does speak for the FSF can clarify their position, I would appreciate it. I am willing to believe their intentions are good... It seems that this discussion became inadvertently, but innocently, segmented between two newsgroups. The segmentation seems to have happened at a critical moment: between the acrimonious accusations and the authoritative explanations. The FSF people in question have described the situation in gnu.misc.discuss. Since comp.sources.d missed the explanations, it's easy to see how misunderstandings could arise. Please go check the recent traffic in gnu.misc.discuss if you're curious about what happened (hint: It seems to have been a classic case of miscommunication between widely-separated co-workers on the project.)