On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Srinivasan Sundararajan <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Guru Prasath <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Shrinivasan T <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > Aren't the publicly funded textbooks by default in public domain? How > can a > > government say copyrighted? I am confused. > > > > > Quoting from https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/ > "To copyleft a program, we first state that it is copyrighted; then we add > distribution terms, which are a legal instrument that gives everyone the > rights to use, modify, and redistribute.... " > > While genuine FOSS and Open Access groups tend to keep the spirit and > letter of 'openness", the babudom in government and even academia are > caught between their real/avowed objectives of serving the society and > yearning for control. > > Fearing the potential abuse of freedom, the tendency is often to clamp > down the usage of materials and facilities or put them in the mire of > procedures & formalities. Thus, the first step of 'copy right' is taken, > but the next step of distribution attribution is left incomplete. > > Srinivasan > Thanks Srinivasan. Regards Guru Prasath _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
