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[mick fuzz]

> who copied the PDFs, posted them on Lulu under their own account, and
> kept the profits. The general response was: too bad they're not
> supporting the project, but at least people are buying the books and
> getting help.
>

I work in a community garden in Manchester, it's between two rows of flats
right near the junction of two motorways anyone can walk through it. There
are some great apple trees and fruit bushes there.

There a few of us that maintain it with help from others on community days
and at workshops.

I was surprised that lots of people who do nothing in the garden, and who
sometimes walk and cycle from miles away come and pick the fruit. I
struggled with this a bit at the beginning. But now when other volunteers
get angry at these people I try to gently suggest that this is the nature
of an open access garden and you can either enjoy the fact that our work is
providing eatable benefits for other people or basically you can stop and
try to build a fence around it or move out into the enclosed suburbs.

So now I enjoy it when people come and pick fruit and have a chat with them
to see where they are going next. They often tell me about a cherry tree
that is in full fruit a mile away, or some pears in someones garden in
Whalley Range that never get picked.

This is a true story by the way not just an analogy.

However I'm not saying that people's fear of getting ripped off isn't
valid. Let's face it a lot of us live in a pretty sheltered environment.

BTW - I think that this debate about attribution and non-commercial use  is
good if we can use examples of us and project we know and if we can involve
more members of this community. I think learning to really love free & GPL
can be a bit of a journey and sometimes it's nice to share that.

nice one
Mick
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