question about mailing lists license ,

[Douglas Pollard]

Gilles Gravier wrote:
> Derek,
>
> Derek Broughton wrote:
>   
>> a dehqan wrote:
>>  
>>   
>>     
>>> Is it against to a mailing list license if someone allows that his/her
>>> notes/answers to be copied into a non-free book ?
>>>     
>>>       
>> It is a violation of international copyright law, if you publish it without 
>> the author's permission.  I think most people here though are not averse to 
>> you publishing their wisdom; they just don't want to go to the trouble of 
>> writing down something, for you to publish, that you could have stolen just 
>> as easily from Google.
>>   
>>     
>
> I agree with you. But you forget one element. It's important to
> attribute the quote to whomever said it. If you are going to quote
> somebody, you want their approval, and they will want their name mentionned.
>
> As you say, copyright laws... they apply.
>
> Gilles.
>
>   
I also think you will make your book publisher very angry if you put in 
something you do not have an absolute right to use.  They will have 
printed books only to find out they will have to pull them off the 
shelf.  IF this were to happen your credibility will be so damaged you 
will never get any publisher to publish your work in the future. If you 
are writing for profit,  you can afford to get a Lawyer's advice that 
cost just gets added into the price of the book and the reader pays for 
it.  Maybe a penny a book  or less.                                     
                                                                     Doug