[Kdeev-books] Re: KDE books writing

[Jan Schumacher]

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Hi,

On Wednesday 27 August 2003 11:33, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> The reason to name this to kdeev is that I would like to have one common
> module and mailinglist for that that reflects that the KDE e.V. holds the
> copyright on the books in this module, which are licensed under the GNU
> Free Documentation License.

will contributers have to reassign their copyrights to KDE e.V. similar to the 
way it is done in GNU?

> This will allow the KDE e.V. to take charge of
> choosing the company who will print it and receive free books that in turn
> we can demo on expos or give away to new developers.

How will the GFDL allow KDE e.V. to choose the company who will print the 
book? Why would that company have to give away free books?

In an earlier mail on Friday 18 July 2003 08:01, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> The License for the book will be the GNU Free
> Documentation License, which is because my manuals in KDevelop were GPL
> licensed and I had to buy myself a hard copy of my own work. Which sucked
> as well :-)

If the deciding factor for choosing the GFDL over the GPL is getting a free 
copy of your book, I am willing to put money for one or two copies into a 
pool to get free copies for the main contributors. Alex (a.k.a. suy) offered 
something similar on 2003-07-18. Maybe there are others who would be willing 
to contribute.

Best regards
Jan Schumacher
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