Re: lug-bg: Linux Network Administrator's Guide & Soft-Press

[kleo@xxxxxxxxxxx (Kliment Ognianov)]

Yovko D. Lambrev wrote:

>Â÷åðà èçïðàòèõ ñëåäíîòî ïèñìî äî Cindy Wetterlund îò O'Reilly ñ êîïèå
>äî àâòîðèòå íà êíèãàòà è êîïèå äî ÑîôòÏðåñ: 
>
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>Subject: GNU FDLicense violation in Bulgarian version of LINUX - NAGuide 
>Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:06:55 +0300 
>From: Yovko Lambrev <yovko@xxxxxxx> 
>To: cindyw@xxxxxxxxxxx 
>Cc: permissions@xxxxxxxxxxx, terry@xxxxxxxxxxxx, ph10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
>clients@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>
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>Dear Cindy, 
>
>I am referring to you as an International Rights Manager of O'Reilly & 
>Associates, Inc. 
>I recently bought the Bulgarian translation of Linux Network Administrator's 
>Guide, Second Edition, published in Bulgaria by SoftPress Ltd. I love this 
>book and I was happy to find that it was published under the GNU FDL, just 
>like the original edition from O'Reilly. According to this license an online 
>copy of the book has to be available. In the copyright note of the Bulgarian 
>book the publisher claims it could be found at: 
>http://www.soft-press.com/linux/index.html 
>A scanned copy of the copyright note of the Bulgarian book (which is only in 
>English and has no Bulgarian translation) is enclosed. Please, note that the 
>full text of the license at the end of the book has not translation too! 
>Unfortunately, as of now, the online copy is not available at the address 
>stated above. 
>I have written three letters to SoftPress (clients@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) asking 
>them to explain why the GNU FDL has been violated, but there has been no 
>answer from them whatsoever. 
>I have also posted an article (http://www.bgit.net/?id=10716) in bgIT.net 
>(an online media, something like a Bulgarian SlashDot) which is the most read 
>article at the moment but, as you can probably guess, it has had no impact 
>at all. I have also informed Linux Users Group - Bulgaria 
>(http://www.linux-bulgaria.org). 
>So I would like to ask for your cooperation on the problem and, if possible, 
>to influence somehow your Bulgarian partners from SoftPress Ltd. so they 
>stick to the GNU FDL. 
>In case it has no effect, do you think it would be appropriate to inform the 
>Free Software Foundation about this? 
>
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>Best regards, 
>Yovko Lambrev 
>http://web.orbitel.bg/yovko 
>GnuPGP KeyID:0A23EE82 available from http://www.keyserver.net/ 
>Fingerprint: 1D03 AB78 16A9 D490 A6C5 FB4F 1960 B7AB 0A23 EE82 
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Hora, ne zabravqite, 4e osven 'index.html' ima i 'index.htm', a toi raboti!


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             Kliment Ognianov
             Junior System Administrator & Developer
             BulInfo Ltd.
             http://www.bulinfo.net/

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