Followup to: debian-legal@lists.debian.org Bcc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert D. Hilliard) Date: 02 Sep 2000 11:00:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s message of Sat, 2 Sep 2000 14:32:08 +0530 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lines: 55 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hello, > > I was wondering that the work done by Project Gutenberg > (http://sailor.gutenberg.org) should be made available through debian. > > It would be great to use 'apt' to get all the great work done there. > > It shouldn't be difficult at all to package. I don't know if this has been > discussed earlier (sorry, I didn't check the archives) but I'd like to know > of what other people think about it. Not all Project Gutenberg documents are DFSG free. They use a file called `SMALL PRINT' as a license document. There are currently several versions of `SMALL PRINT' in their archive. Ver.04.29.93, and Ver.03.08.92 require a royalty for commercial distribution. I believe I have seen versions that do not restrict commercial distribution, but I can't locate an example at the moment. Most, if not all versions of `SMALL PRINT' include the following: This PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm etext, like most PROJECT GUTENBERG- tm etexts, is a "public domain" work distributed by Professor Michael S. Hart through the Project Gutenberg Association at Carnegie-Mellon University (the "Project"). Among other things, this means that no one owns a United States copyright on or for this work, so the Project (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, set forth below, apply if you wish to copy and distribute this etext under the Project's "PROJECT GUTENBERG" trademark. . . . . . DISTRIBUTION UNDER "PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm" You may distribute copies of this etext electronically, or by disk, book or any other medium if you either delete this "Small Print!" and all other references to Project Gutenberg, or: (Followed by license conditions,including the royalty requirement.) It appears that if the `SMALL PRINT' is deleted, the remainder of the document is DFSG free. However, there would be no copyright notice or license attached to that copy. I am not sure if it could be distributed in Debian without a copyright notice or license. I have copied this to debian-legal for an opinion on this. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
