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

[John Alexander <john.alexander@xxxxxxxx>]

packaged with Debian..... who woulda thought?

ja

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> From: jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of John Goerzen
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 4:23 PM
> To: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [aclug-L] John Goerzen internation Geek of Mystery
>
>
> 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
> > ---
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming
> jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
> Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)
> www.debian.org |
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