Jean,
I'm glad to see you bring this up. When I saw those versions I was
really puzzled but did not have the opportunity to investigate further
(and then it slipped my mind).
It seems like the best approach would be to contact Lulu directly to
ask about the situation. While it may be a permitted action under the
CC licensing, the problem is that it could damage the OOoAuthors
reputation and thus, at the least, the seller should not be allowed to
use the group's name for this! (I'm also concerned what the PR impact
will be for someone who buys one and then finds out they could have
gotten it for free or for much less money. This occurs from time-to-
time with people buying CDs of OOo itself from various web sources.)
Thanks,
Ben
On Oct 19, 2008, at 6:28 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Following a search link provided by Ben Horst, I discovered the
interesting (and news to me) fact that someone has published the
full-page-size version of our books at much higher prices ($100 for
a download that’s free from us, and $43-$50 for a printed copy that
we are selling for around $20). I can’t imagine why that pricing,
though it's true that the full-page-size books cost more to produce
than the smaller page size that I offer through Friends of
OpenDocument Inc. But why would someone charge so much so much for
the download?
And I notice that whoever it is, is using “OOoAuthors” as their
store name, provides no other contact information, and says nothing
about where the money goes. Does anyone know who is doing this?
(Yes, I know that under the Creative Commons license this publishing
is allowed. I'm just wondering who is doing it, and why they haven't
said anything to us. Seems discourteous at the least.)
--Jean
Benjamin Horst
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