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So the Gutenberg project just released a book about the Abolition of Patents and Copyright [www.gutenberg.org]...Dated 1869... Over 150 years ago... And now accessible in the public domain thanks to the Archive people.
I've only started reading, but this seems like fertile ground for choice quotes in future @pluralistic articles.
@gatesvp @pluralistic Unfortunately, anything released by project Gutenberg is *NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN* but covered by a viral non-free licence including automatic fees for any commercial derivative works.
Copyright status: public domain in the US.
Look, I understand that all they are doing is making it easy for you to find this if you can't get a copy at your local library. But given how many people can't get a copy of such a thing at their local library, I would at least like to give them credit for the work they did.
Don't you think that's fair?
@gatesvp Reading this text I am more puzzled than before about the Project Gutenberg licence: https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html
Among other claims the explanatory text before the licence says "Note that Project Gutenberg no longer uses the term public domain, because of the many different ways people interpret that term leading to misunderstandings concerning who may do what with Project Gutenberg texts." Hm...
