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Originally Posted by Nate the great
I hadn't considered the point about the cover licensing, thanks.
But I am not sure it is relevant here; I have seen CC versions of Cory's books
with the right covers before.
And why didn't he think to secure permission for the covers as well? That's an odd oversight.
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If you read his download pages for his ebooks, he talks about how he negotiated with his publisher(s) to be able to release his books under a creative commons license, which is pretty unusual for books in print. However, the publisher has bought his book, and also the cover art from the artist, it's up to the publisher and artist to decide whether to put in under a creative commons license, and they didn't choose to.
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No cover art. The text of this book is freely copyable, the cover, not so much. The rights to it are controlled by my publisher, so don’t include it with your file.
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It's possible people creating the CC edition didn't pay attention, or didn't care.