Thank you you are correct
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 09:49, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> Ummm John?
>
> I don't think Ed meant any harm by his comments. He just doesn't want his
> comments directly used in a publication without his permission (but you can
> paraphrase), which I think is perfectly acceptable (they are his commments,
> after all). I believe his concern is that you may be profiting from this
> book at the expense of the hard work of others. If you spent your free time
> giving free advice only to have the person you're helping publish it and
> make a million dollars, wouldn't you be annoyed? From what I remember about
> what you said right at the beginning, you are writing a freely-available
> e-book to help both newbies to adjust with GNU/Linux and MandrakeSoft to
> help them make their distro better. Is that correct? If so, I have no
> problems with that, and I don't think Ed does either. He doesn't seem to
> mind if MandrakeSoft (and only MandrakeSoft) profits from the book, since
> they'll plow the money back into open source.
>
> As long as your book is freely available to others (as I believe it is), I
> shall contribute all I can. This is in the spirit of sharing and open
> source (or in this case, open documentation). I suggest that you rethink
> your "anti-Ed" mail filter. Ed has made contributed a lot to the Newbie
> List, and the information he can give can be invaluable. Once again, I
> don't think there was any ill-feeling in his message; it was simply a
> disclaimer to protect his rights.
>
> Ed, feel free to correct me if my assumptions are wrong.
>
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:45, John Rigby wrote:
> > Hello there Ed Tharp and .... hey WHOA!
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:01, you manipulated electrons to produce:
> >
> > <logically edited>
> > please consider this my
> >
> > > notice to you that I DO NOT, at this time, give you permission to
> > > directly quote myself or any of my postings, an any manner other
> > > than "fair use" (I don't have a problem with your computer putting
> > > this in a disk cache for instance, but I do not want it to see it
> > > in a book that is charged for by anyone other than MandrakeSoft.)
> > >
> > > thanks.
> > >
> > > Ed Tharp
> >
> > This is not the sort of place that your post is appropriate for.
> > The last thing a good newbie list needs is bar-room lawyers.
> > Had you done your own due diligence ( I also do happen to be a bush
> > lawyer) you would know that:
> >
> > 1. This list is not your typical flambe-type list to warrant such a
> > comment. This place *really* is "user friendly."
> >
> > 2. That I carefully made the points of possible contention clear
> > earlier.
> >
> > 3. Due notice has been taken of your attitude and self-considered
> > position as an expert. Your postings will be ignored.
> >
> > 4. Your address is on my filter list as of now.
> > This message will be deleted -in fact shredded - in thirty seconds
> > from now. OK?
> >
> > JFYI: Lists like these have only one real purpose and that is for
> > the willing few to voluntarily help their many neighbours.
> >
> > They only work when the helped in turn, contribute.
> >
> > A thought worth remembering when you next expect help out in the
> > cyberbog.
> >
> >
> >
> > John Rigby
> >
> > http://counter.li.org GO HERE IF YOU SUPPORT LINUX!
> >
> > Fablor is now Webhosting?? What on earth for??
> > Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
