Rob Having looked at your weblog, I'd be keen to see further information why you opt for GFDL over CC-BY-SA. Your weblog promises info on that, but I didn't see it in the summary you sent.
john On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 1:33:14 PM UTC-5, Rob Beezer wrote: > > Dear John, > > Harald has sent you some great info and advice on licenses. Its a > complicated > topic. > > I personally like CC BY-SA, and I also frequently use the GFDL (GNU Free > Documentation License) for longer works, even though it can complicate > license > compatibility. Here is an incomplete set of posts where I say more: > > http://www.beezers.org/blog/bb/category/licenses/ > > My advice would be to use Amazon's CreateSpace (easy) or Ingram's > Lightning > Source (professional) for print-on-demand copies. Add a $5 or $10 > "royalty" for > distribution as you suggest (scholarship, Sage) and be totally up-front on > the > amount and destination. I'd be surprised if anybody tried to under-cut > you, or > if they would be very successful. > > For peer-review, the Open Textbook Inititaive at the American Institute of > Mathematics does exactly that. They include Grg Bard's new "Sage for > Undergraduates" book, so there is at least one appropriate category for > your > text. They also have a ton of good advice for authors. > > http://aimath.org/textbooks/ > > Rob > > > On 10/09/2016 07:48 AM, john_perry_usm wrote: > > Harald > > > > If I understand correctly, the mistake I made was confusing > "noncommercial" with > > "not-for-profit." Thank you for pointing out that very dumb mistake. I > have to > > emphasize this mistake really is on me; I added NC right before > uploading it, > > without thinking too much about it. That explains why you saw CC-BY-SA > somewhere > > else: that was the original plan. I will change that back. > > > > *Thank you very much* also for noticing the issue with the bunny > picture. My > > confusion on "noncommercial" v. "not-for-profit" is the main reason for > that. > > One of the links you provided suggests that I was on pretty good grounds > with > > that, but now that you point it out I can see that this could be an > issue. I > > have contacted the author via flickr mail to see if he's willing to > license it > > to us under CC-BY-SA, but he hasn't uploaded a photo for more than 2 > years, so > > there may be no reply. I image I'll have to change the picture (we can > generate > > something similar ourselves, and one co-author may well be happy to > immortalize > > his bunny. > > > > john perry > > > > On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 5:59:12 AM UTC-5, Harald Schilly wrote: > > > > Now I also started to look at the content, first off > > > > On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 9:30:44 AM UTC+2, john_perry_usm > wrote: > > > > (c1) The administration expresses support for, and interest in, > open > > textbooks. > > > > > > well, as mentioned above, open textbooks definitions usually imply > that > > they can be used freely, like software licensed under the GPL (Sage > is GPL > > licensed) etc. With the NC part, this then isn't an open textbook > any more > > -- > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#NonFreeDocumentationLicenses > > > < > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#NonFreeDocumentationLicenses> > > > > > > > even charge royalties > > > > The bunny picture on page 195 is NC licensed. What is the agreement > between > > the copyright holder of that image and your plan regarding charging > > royalties and splitting them? That detail alone would make this book > very > > proprietary, since you're now the only one with that licensing > agreement > > between the copyright holder of that picture and nobody else has a > real > > chance to use this book in a context like teaching (simply because > it is > > hard to track down the person, etc.). I'm not sure if this is the > intention, > > but I'm just mentioning this. I would like to see this book getting > used > > somewhere else … > > > > In "Any last words" on page 10 the license is referred to as > > > > > CC-BY-SA > > > > which is what I'm arguing for. Problem is, it is incompatible with > the NC of > > the bunny picture: > > https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Wiki/cc_license_compatibility > > <https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Wiki/cc_license_compatibility> > > > > > -- h > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "sage-edu" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email > > to sage-edu+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > > <mailto:sage-edu+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>>. > > To post to this group, send email to sage...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:> > > <mailto:sage...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. 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