[freeroleplay] Re: Opportunities for Free Gaming?
- From: Jamie Jensen <yarvin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: freeroleplay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:40:05 -0600
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:18:57 +0000, Ricardo Gladwell
<president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jamie Jensen wrote:
> > Personally, I have a few problems with Lulu.
> > Quoting their Membership Agreement:
> >>If you purchase Content off of the Site, you agree to the following
> >>restrictions with respect > to each acquired Content and the information
> >>contained therein:
> >>
> >> * You may not resell the Content or otherwise profit from its use or
> >> display.
>
> I think the reason for this is as follows: Lulu doesn't consider itself
> to be a printing site. It is a publisher and so takes royalties for
> books published through it. Obviously, if they are taking a cut they
> don't want people re-selling their products and keeping all the profit
> of that second sale for themselves (20% of the total profit).
>
Actually, it states on their site that they are not a publisher --
they're a technology site.
> I must admit, this seems a little strange as Lulu don't seem to do
> anything for their commision, such as publicise the book anywhere except
> within the "community" section of the Lulu site.
>
It also conflicts with the fact that they offer the GNU FDL as one of
their three license choices when you publish a book.
I don't understand why they would do this if they were thinking
logically. Their three licenses are Standard Copyright, Creative
Commons Attributition-Noncommericial-ShareAlike 2.0, and the GNU FDL.
In the first two cases, the restriction is not necessary because the
author already prohibits it. The the third, it breaks with the spirit
of the license.
--
J. Jensen
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