[ZDP] OpenContent issues

[Michel Pelletier]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Aylesworth [mailto:zopelist@regalint.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 9:11 AM
> To: Robert O'Connor
> Cc: Zope Documentation Project
> Subject: Re: [ZDP] OpenContent issues
> 
> 
> > So,  hypothetically lets say that O'Reilly publishes
> > "The Zen of Zope" based on the work of the ZDP group.

"The Zen of Zope" is copyright, 1998 by Michel Pelletier.  I give
permission to the ZDP project to use and publish the outline I posted
and any other content I post publicly to the list, the title, however, I
reserve the right to.

> > 
> > *Who gets the credit and ultimately the money?
> > * Is the money put in a fund to support the ZDP site
> >   and perhaps DigiCool and others for the use of
> >   proprietary products such as ZTables?  Or is the
> >   money distributed to the contributors?
> > 
> 
> I think a book would need an editor. I have never been involved in
> publishing a book but I know how long my thesis took, so I think the
> editor/author would get credit, money, etc. Zope would get increased
> exposure/mindshare.
> 

Publishers will typicaly want total editorial control.

> If several Zope books come out, then all editors/authors would have
> access to ZDP and be able to use it as is or modified.
> 

This depends on the "content license" of the zdp site.  The OpenContent
license may have restrictions on that broad of a claim.

> Books would be good for Zope. Maybe the author/publisher would even
> allow electronic distribution of the book on ZDP!
> 
> I don't think any restrictions should be put on the use of content on
> ZDP. After all is it any different if you use the information 
> to write a
> book or to create a billion dollar web portal? :)

I agree.

-Michel

> 
> Just my 2 cents!
> 
> Phil A
> 
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