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On 28/01/2009 11:44, Paul Sutton wrote: > They are happy for you to quite parts of the book, in fact it always > makes me laugh when you have a book and the copy right says no part of > this publication may be copied in any form, and they give you in the > case of programming books code to type in, > > typing in would breach the copy right on that said book > > regarding giving out copies on cd' not sure if this also applies here, > but looking again at the FAQ, they don;t want it mirrored on other > websites, but direct users to the book website so they can get the > latest version (which I personally think is a fair comment really) > > It looks like its only available in the USA via amazon with no plans to > sell it in other amazon sites. > > > Paul > I've been in contact with the author and he said he's fine for us to distribute copies of the PDF on CD as long as the CD is for non-commercial use. I've explained what I have been doing with the OpenDisc and I'm just waiting for a reply on it. If he's okay with it I'll put a copy on there in PDF format. He did also ask about making a Debian package of the PDF, not something I've done before. Anyone know of any good guides on making Debian packages? :-) They do offer a bulk purchase discount, I have also asked what sort if discount we'd be looking at and how many copies we'd need to purchase. If all else fails it works out at about £7 a copy plus postage, so maybe a couple of us could chip in and buy a couple of copies and share the postage costs. I just think it would be something ideal to have a couple of copies of floating about which we could loan out to new members who are getting started with Ubuntu (and to a point other Debian based distros). Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html