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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 02:45:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Matthew Miller writes:
> Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote:
> > user participation occurs at a different rate for Todd than for a novelist.
> > Further, since electronic novels _would_ be copied and distributed freely,
> > and Lugnet has not been, you must recognize that any author who distributed
> > his
> It's interesting though. A lot of us here certainly would have the technical
> ability to copy and redistribute lugnet -- it's not that much harder than
> copying an electronic novel would be.
Another reason no one's done it is that there's no point--Lugnet's value
isn't as static repository of ideas but as a living forum for exchange of those
ideas. A novel is different, since it's written once and then it's
done--downloading the novel doesn't risk missing out on later development to
the novel, as would be the case if one downloaded Lugnet and never came back.
> But, there are other things that might be better examples. Open source
> software, for one. Still protected by copyright, of course, but freely
> distributable. And people are certainly making money from it.
I'm not as familiar with those--what does the copyright stipulate? And in
any case, even if an on-line novel is protected by copyright, I have no doubt
that it would still be copied and distributed.
Dave!
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| (...) It varies. Probably the most interesting open source/free software license is the GPL (GNU General Public License), which states (in as watertight manner as a bunch of lawyers could make it) that the software is free to use and modify as long (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) It's interesting though. A lot of us here certainly would have the technical ability to copy and redistribute lugnet -- it's not that much harder than copying an electronic novel would be. But, there are other things that might be better (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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