Timeline for Would it violate copyright to retype a classic mathematics book from the 1960s using modern notation and uploading it online?
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| May 19, 2022 at 13:21 | comment | added | Dan Romik | @user253751 I see, so you are not as opposed to working for free as your initial comment made it sound. Perhaps the same is true for DaG, who has also contributed hundreds of free posts to our StackExchange overlords. | |
| May 19, 2022 at 13:19 | comment | added | Criticize SE actions means ban | @DanRomik Nothing - they make free money from me and you. | |
| May 19, 2022 at 13:19 | comment | added | Dan Romik | @user253751 interesting theory. And how much is the StackExchange “rich elite” paying you in profit-sharing for the 1699 StackOverflow posts you’ve written for them? | |
| May 19, 2022 at 10:00 | comment | added | Criticize SE actions means ban | @DanRomik You win by getting the book; the "rich elite" win by getting you to give them free money, essentially. | |
| May 19, 2022 at 8:06 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | It only benefits the publisher if they sell enough copies to cover initial printing costs, which go beyond typesetting. | |
| May 18, 2022 at 15:56 | comment | added | DaG | Let's say then that one of the parties “wins” more than the other. :) | |
| May 18, 2022 at 12:37 | comment | added | Dan Romik | @DaG it benefits both parties. That’s literally the definition of a “win-win”, whether you approve of the situation or not. | |
| May 18, 2022 at 9:54 | comment | added | DaG | “ask if they’d be interested in publishing a new edition of the book if you were to retypeset it yourself free of charge”: I'm not sure I'd define “win-win” a situation when someone, albeit voluntarily, works for free for someone who has a for-profit model of business (as most publishers). | |
| May 17, 2022 at 23:25 | history | answered | Dan Romik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |