On 0, Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk> wrote: > On 06 Nov 2002 17:52:33 -0600, John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote: > > >I don't see why a public library even in the UK couldn't lend non-free. > >How would it differ from lending out a non-free book (i.e., the usual > >kind)? > > Huh? Do you have to pay to get a book out of a library in the US then? > In the UK you pay nothing, unless you keep it beyond a time limit; > then you pay a fine, which is a punishment, not a fee for the book. In > other words, UK libraries don't lend non-free books. Nonononono, free as in speech, not free as in beer. Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "My advice to you is to get married: If you find a good wife, you will be happy; if not, you will become a philosopher." - Socrates Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
Attachment:
pgp3gEERIVb_S.pgp
Description: PGP signature