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Rob Beard wrote: > 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 > > Looks like I may also be free thurs / friday of next week, if you want to go over to exwick to test this network thing out, we still need to get over there, but if you can sort that out I am willing to help. Paul -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet : Feb 7th : 3pm (TBC), Shoreline Cafe Paignton -- 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