On 06 Nov 2002 17:52:33 -0600, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I don't see why a public library even in the UK couldn't lend non-free. >How would it differ from lending out a non-free book (i.e., the usual >kind)? Huh? Do you have to pay to get a book out of a library in the US then? In the UK you pay nothing, unless you keep it beyond a time limit; then you pay a fine, which is a punishment, not a fee for the book. In other words, UK libraries don't lend non-free books. They do lend non-free cassettes and CDs of copyrighted music at a quid a shot or thereabouts. I suspect that lending Debian CDs would be no problem, and they could even lend Windoze CDs as long as the borrower erased from their PC everything they'd copied off it! (as you may borrow a book, learn stuff from it, but not photocopy it). As regards having a machine with a CDRW for people to make their own copies - Great idea, but in my experience libraries don't like giving the public access to removable disk drives of any sort: they offer internet access, but the boxes used have neither floppy nor CDRW drives, so it's rather pointless having them really. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
