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Originally Posted by edembowski
In the case of Baen, I don't believe the restrict redistribution of their free library but they certainly do on their non-free library.
- Ed
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Correct, Baen does not restrict distribution on Free Library titles. They
want you to copy and share them.
Aside from the stuff on the Baen web site, they also provided books on CDs bound in to various Baen hardcovers, which again you were encouraged to copy and share. They even included CD cover art you could apply if you had the gear to use it. (And much of what appeared on the CDs did not appear on the web site.)
Torrents of all of the Baen CDs are available, as are ISO images and big Zip files, from
http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/ .
(That site says on the front page "For the small minority of people who still seem to think that this site is blatantly trampling upon multiple copyrights and don't believe what's in the linked CD-ROM Orientation, feel free to visit the Baen Publishing Enterprises web site and drop a dime on me. They have a lively web forum and you can speak directly to the publisher and webmaster in several conferences. Just be prepared to be roundly mocked after complaining about this site.
Baen knows all about this site, to the point where the publisher has my phone number and she's not afraid to use it.")
The non-free stuff is indeed another matter.
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Dennis