On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 17:18, howard blomfield wrote: > btw it has been available on the last couple of mandrake install iso's > if you have one handy....
By "it" do you mean "Rute" or the "Cookbook"? > > Nick Rout wrote: > > >The Cookbook is copylefted (is that a word?) > > > >Its under something called the "Design Science" License which states (in > >part): > > > >"Permission is granted to distribute, publish or otherwise present > >verbatim copies of the entire Source Data of the Work, in any medium, > >provided that full copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty, where > >applicable, is conspicuously published on all copies, and a copy of this > >License is distributed along with the Work. > > > >"Permission is granted to distribute, publish or otherwise present > >copies of the Object Form of the Work, in any medium, under the terms > >for distribution of Source Data above and also provided that one of the > >following additional conditions are met: > > > >"(a) The Source Data is included in the same distribution, distributed > >under the terms of this License; or > > > >"(b) A written offer is included with the distribution, valid for at > >least three years or for as long as the distribution is in print > >(whichever is longer), with a publicly accessible address (such as a URL > >on the Internet) where, for a charge not greater than transportation and > >media costs, anyone may receive a copy of the Source Data of the Work > >distributed according to the section above; or > > > >"(c) A third party's written offer for obtaining the Source Data at no > >cost, as described in paragraph (b) above, is included with the > >distribution. This option is valid only if you are a non commercial > >party, and only if you received the Object Form of the Work along with > >such an offer. > > > >"You may copy and distribute the Work either gratis or for a fee, and if > >desired, you may offer warranty protection for the Work. > > > >"The aggregation of the Work with other works that are not based on the > >Work such as but not limited to inclusion in a publication, broadcast, > >compilation, or other media does not bring the other works in the scope > >of the License; nor does such aggregation void the terms of the License > >for the Work." > > > >"Object Form" and "Source Data" are defined. Im this context the source > >data would probably, I guess, be a LaTeX or similar file, the pdf or > >html forms would be object form. > > > >It seems odd that both Rute and Cookbook seem less readily available now > >than they used to be. The Rute repository is rather slow, in the .za > >domain (Zuid Afrika?). Is it something to do with competition between > >the download versions and the print versions? > > > > > > > >On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 12:28, mjm159 wrote: > > > > > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I may have missed a thread about this or something, but the cookbook thread > >>sparked me to look up the rute-users-guide on www.tldp.org (for goodness sake > >>don't type www.tdlp.org into your browser!) > >> > >>I can't find the rute-users-guide (still a valid and great resource) anywhere > >>on tldp and I noticed that the Cookbook had been removed "at the author's > >>request". Damn I'm pleased I kept a printed and tarrred copy. What gives? > >> > >>Michael. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== > >>>One of the packages available via xandros is a pdf of the book "The Linux > >>>Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use" by Michael Stutz. As a pdf > >>>it is 544 pages, mainly text so its packed with information. (Although > >>>there is a lot of cross referencing). It seems at a quick glance to be a > >>>fantastic resource for newbies and not so newbies. > >>> > >>>After a bit of research it appears that the book is or has been available > >>>in print, but is also available on the internet as html > >>>(http://dsl.org/cookbook/) and is "copylefted" so as to be pretty freely > >>>distributable. > >>> > >>>This seems well worth a look at. Maybe something to make available at the > >>>installfest? > >>> > >>> > >>--- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Message generated in webmail. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >
