Re: [aclug-L] John Goerzen internation Geek of Mystery

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hehe, yes that's me, always sneaking about doing insidious things to
undermine the Empire :-)

It works akin to software.  The source code for this is LaTeX/EPS.
This will appear on websites in a few days to a week.

You can pull this down, modify it as you wish, and release the result
under the GPL.  The original copyright is held by SPI, Ossama Othman,
and myself, so yes, you still must list us, if nowhere else, then in
the copyright notice.

It is *REALLY* cool to have a major house like Macmillan/New Riders
publish it with a GPL and assign the copyright to SPI.  I am quite
glad to see that.

For those of you curious, it also made slashdot today.  Amazon,
Borders, and BN are taking preorders -- use ISBN 0-7357-0914-9.  It
comes with a Debian CD as well.  It should be showing up in local
bookstores in about 3 weeks.  The FSF gets a chunk of the proceeds
from each sale.

-- John

"Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I forgot to mention this yesterday when I saw it in Debian Weekley news,
> but or very own John Goerzen, is the co-author of the new "Debian
> GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage" which is RMS friendly
> (released under the GPL). 
> 
> So print out a copy and have him sign ti for you at the next meeting.
> 
> How does the GPL work with a book? Can I replace every instance of
> GNU/Linux with Linux and sell it? Do I still have to credit John?
> 
>  
> --
> Clint Brubakken
> Computer Science Services Group, LLC
> Wichita, KS
> cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> 
> 
> 

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John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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