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Contribution Rules

To avoid having to mess with complicated copyright and licensing issues, I will make them very simple. The book itself is and will remain Open Publication Licensed. That means that the book itself will remain free to anyone who wishes to use it for their own no-resale-for-profit purposes. Any work that is contributed must use the same license. That way I can freely include your work and everybody is happy. Note well the beverage clause! So far, this has garnered me a whole two drinks, but one never knows...

This leaves open what will happen regarding non-free publication. It is entirely possible that one day a publishing house will publish a paper copy of this book and pay me money for the privilege of doing so. Note that this will not affect the availability of the book online - it is just that a paper book is more suitable in many ways for a deskside reference or a classroom textbook, and besides, you can have it signed by the author and it works when your laptop batteries are out or you are off the network.

The ``rule'' for submissions/contributions is that if I sell the book for money, you can either:

You don't have to choose now - as long as your contact information is correct I will ask you if/when the for-profit issue ever becomes real.


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Robert G. Brown 2004-05-24