It turns out the author would like to get a letter from us - see
below - who writes such a letter?
Is it really needed? Should this be raised with OSGeo too so that we
have some common procedure?
I think that we need a quick answer for Nicholas and then
find a broader solution and include a link with relevant info to all
man documents,
Helena
Begin forwarded message:
From: Nicolas Karanikolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: February 24, 2008 3:22:22 AM EST
To: Helena Mitasova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dear Helena, Nicolas from Greece
Υes it is about this material you are talking about.
http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/manuals/html63_user/index.html
In some cases I canged a lot of things, text pictures etc., but in
others I follow your text
and I also use your pictures.
Offcourse there is a line in the beginning which is the basic
reference of the book.
it says something like
"This whole book for open source gis, grass and qgis is based on
the manual pages the reader can find in the following
addresses ..." and offcourse there is a reference at the end.
I just would like to write something like that "the print of the
book comes by courtesy of the authors and the core team of grass
and qgis"
And if you could give it to me writen this would be the best for
me. I would place your page at the beginning of the book.
The qgis seems not to have a problem with this, allthough I hope
that they will give me their final answer in the next days.
Finally I would like to say that there is no profit from this book
for me, but there will be an isbn from the editing.
Thanks for your answer, and I hope to hear from you soon,
Nicolas
On 24 Φεβ 2008, at 2:45 ΠΜ, Helena Mitasova wrote:
Nicolas,
which material are you talking about? Is it the collection of
manual pages
with basic intro listed here:
or some other tutorials?
many tutorials are published under creative commons license and
you can modify and distribute it (including printing) as long as you
credit the source.
If most of the writing and examples are yours then you are
the author and you can do what you want. Just reference the manual
where appropriate.
If the text is the same or almost the same as the english original
you should still be able to print it and distribute to your students,
but I can see that we do not have explicitly stated license for the
manual, so let me raise the issue with the steering committee to
make sure that it is stated on the web.
How do you handle the QGIS part? Do you have some explicit
permission from the steering committee?
thanks for asking - it is a good question that needs to be resolved,
Helena
On Feb 23, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Nicolas Karanikolas wrote:
Dear Helena,
My name in Nicolas Karanikolas
I teach cartography and GIS in a Greek university.
A few months ago i started making a translation of the Grass
manual and after a lot of changes I prepared a greek manual
according to my student needs.
In the Greek manual I have allready referenced the grass manual
but I didnt print it because i still dont have the right to
translate the english manual.
Is there any way for me to print my book which is about Grass and
Qgis???
I mean could I somehow take a letter from the Grass team in which
they will say that I have the right to print my book using as
basework their work in the english manual??
I am not sure if you are the person I should contact but
unfortunately I dont have any other mail adresses.
Could you please help me???
Thanks in advance,
Dr. Nicolas Karanikolas
Greece
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