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Originally Posted by WillAdams
Giggleton wrote:
>What does it mean to write a book? There is only one book, it contains everything that has been, is, and will be written.
Fine then, you write that book, w/o reference to anyone else's work (save for what is in the public domain or creative commons) and publish it.
In the meanwhile, I'll keep working on the manuscript an editor at Addison-Wesley has asked of me.
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Why would I limit myself to this public domain or creative commons you speak of? They are constructions of the mind, I am free to use all knowledge at all times, as are you.
Our society asks you to place a copy of your book in the national library so that everyone may have access to it, we can now make an infinite number of copies at near zero cost, this means everyone will indeed have access to all books.
Unfortunately big pub and others have wasted oodles of resources trying to convince society that the sharing of knowledge is wrong, it's weird I know, but that's what went down.
It seems to me that those who wish to control access to information have motives other than the advancement of society as their goal.