<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi Steve,<br><br>> I wrote to the editor asking for permission to re-distribute. I know<br>> someone who is on the verge of installing Linux and having a mag to help<br>> him learn may be all he needs. Got permission too.<br><br><br>They say: <br><br>"However clearly without any DRM there's nothing stopping you from
giving them to everyone, torrenting them, printing them, selling them,
whatever. <br>We'd rather everyone obtained the PDFs directly from us, but
we can't stop you redistributing them for eternity. <br>If someone does
decide to put the whole thing on The Pirate Bay in 48 hours, I doubt
we'd be particularly upset! ;)"<br><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Seems to me that they are not too bothered if anyone distributes it, which is a good thing. <br>Nothing like a bit of (almost) free advertising, especially as it's powered by Torrent users and webspace volunteers.. good thinking on their part I think.<br><br>I have a drawer full of LXF issues that I have collected over the years, and I have to be honest it's almost a 2-man effort to open the drawer too. However, I am not a subscriber of the magazine anymore, mainly because I can find most of the details of the magazine by reading the posts in the LXF Forums but I would happily have a free PDF if only they'd do that more often.<br><br>I think I'd even pay a small amount for the PDF too rather than the paper version that fills much space.<br><br>Craig<br><div style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">From:</span></b> Steve Dobson <steve.dobson@syscall.org.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Sussex LUG <sussex@mailman.lug.org.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 4 March, 2009 3:22:11 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Sussex] [Fwd: [Surrey] Linux Format free to download for 24 hours only]<br></font><br>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA1<br><br>Hi Graig<br><br><br><br>CRAIG PEACOCK wrote:<br>> They also claim that they may never do this again.<br><br>Surely if this is an experiment on their part then they have a right not<br>to repeat it.<br><br>> Their magazine uptake rose by 13-16% or something near there<br>> last year while many other magazines were dropping off their perches.<br><br>I thing this is a result of Linux gain in the market place.<br><br>> It's their gift to say thanks I believe. <br>> <br>> I know
I read that someone on that page but I can't find it again<br>> to clarify the exact numbers.<br><br>Well me with my cynical hat on sees it more as an way of advertising<br>their magazine. Not that I think there is anything wrong with that. I<br>wrote to the editor asking for permission to re-distribute. I know<br>someone who is on the verge of installing Linux and having a mag to help<br>him learn may be all he needs. Got permission too.<br><br>My email and Paul's response is below.<br><br>Steve<br><br>Paul Hudson wrote:<br>> Knock yourself out.<br>><br>> That's a "yes" ;)<br>><br>> --<br>><br>><br>> On 4/3/09 11:57 am, "Steve Dobson" <<a ymailto="mailto:steve.dobson@syscall.org.uk" href="mailto:steve.dobson@syscall.org.uk">steve.dobson@syscall.org.uk</a>><br>> wrote:<br>><br>> Paul<br>><br>> First may I say that I think the offering LXF for free is a great<br>> idea, I
hope it works well for you. I have already e-mailed the<br>> announcement on to some of my friends.<br>><br>> As a long time Linux (and before that Unix) hacker I will admit that I<br>> am not a regular reader of your magazine, and that is unlikely to<br>> change. I spend so much time on-line that I have little time for<br>> reading anything printed these days.<br>><br>> However I do like doing a little Linux advocacy and being able to pass<br>> on your free issue (by USB or CD for example) may help me in that<br>> regard. Showing them that there are quality mags that can help<br>> explain things may help them switch to Linux.<br>><br>> I am therefore requesting permission to re-distribute the ZIP file<br>> I've just downloaded as an aid to my Linux advocacy and if you get<br>> more subscribers as a result I see this as a win for both of us.<br>><br>> Yours respectfully<br>>
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