[Freegis-list] Re: new grass book "free"?

[Markus Neteler]

On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 12:53:14PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
[...]
> Just curious, what about like with the GNU emacs manuals, where the
> paper manual is just seen as a way to support the project and have a
> handy hardcopy.  The whole thing would also be available on line too,
> in the spirit of the 'free' tradition.
> 
> So not to spoil the fun, but are there stuff that could be also put on
> line but now won't?  I suppose also one couldn't legally photocopy the
> book of course.  Sorry, I'm a Stallmanist.

We tried to negotiate that - however, it seems to be difficult. Obviously
we are the first authors for the publisher to write about Free Software
and also trying to keep the book free. At time the book is fully copyrighted
by the publisher (may change in future). So it is upon their decision if
we can publish parts or fully online. I do not expect too much.

To go with such a big international publisher we explained earlier, there
are several advantages to reach a wider audience that the mailing lists
and more.

If things change, you will find the material in common places online.

Best regards

Markus Neteler
http://mpa.itc.it/grassbook/