interesting effort about law

[Alessandro Rubini]

> From: iriXx <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Patents] Research on Free Software Economics
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:28:20 +0000

> Hi,
> 
> I am currently writing a book on copyleft laws, and will be discussing 
> software patenting and its implications upon copyleft and the free 
> software movement in some detail.
> 
> I wondered if anyone from the list would be interested in talking with 
> me about these issues in connection with my book, and about the current 
> campaigns against e-patenting.
> 
> 
> An abstract of my book is available here:
> 
> 
> http://www.iriXx.org/copyleft-abstract.htm
> 
> The book will be published under a copyleft license, similiar to the Gnu 
> Public Documentation License, so that verbatim copying will be permitted 
> as long as any redistribution is also released under a copyleft license.
> 
> I would be very interested in hearing your views on these matters,
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> Miriam Rainsford.

[obviously, verbatim copying is not copyleft, I'm replying on that point]