Sorry, I was not very careful (as somebody else has pointed out) in using the language. I used "distribute" instead of "sell".
Mea culpa! I realized it after I sent the message, and decided not to send the followup: I am in the middle of 2 deadlines and the emergency computer maintenance work. That may have contributed to a confusion. I believe Larry is talking about selling, while the part of the EULA you, Godfrey, quote is applied to free distribution. Igor Mon Jan 23 14:04:26 EST 2012 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Larry Colen <lrc at red4est.com> wrote: > > > On 1/23/2012 9:26 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> It's a business decision akin to signing a book contract with a >> publisher on an exclusive basis, with the added bonus in that if you >> don't want to sell your work, you can distribute it freely without >> Apple's involvement at all, and you can transform it into a more >> industry generic form and still sell it any other way you wish. > > > I read it that even if you transform it into an industry generic form, > if > you used iBook author, you still have to sell it through the > iBookstore. Your notion seems to be in direct contradiction to this portion of the EULA: "B. Distribution of your Work. As a condition of this License and provided you are in compliance with its terms, your Work may be distributed as follows: (i) if your Work is provided for free (at no charge), you may distribute the Work by any available means; ..." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
