Dave Turner on Fri, 1 Jun 2001 05:56:02 -0400


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Re: "true names" postponed, again, again, again.


Walt Mankowski wrote:
> 
> On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 05:06:01PM -0400, Dave Turner wrote:
> > If you just want the title story, see here:
> > http://progoth.resnet.gatech.edu/truename/truename.h
> 
> Ironic, isn't it, that Mr. Rectifier chose to include the author's
> copyright notice that clearly prohibits him from doing what he's done
> by putting the book on the web?
> 
> Walt
> 

s/author's/publisher's/ - Publishers write these things and attach them.

I suspect Vinge already knows that the book is there, given that he's a
CS prof.  I wonder what he thinks?  Neal Stephenson doesn't much mind
_The Big U_, while Bruce Sterling has explicitly allowed copying of some
of his works.

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