On 10/21/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On 10/21/07, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
Anthony wrote:
On 10/21/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
"Wikipedia: The Missing Manual"
Did he get permission to use the Wikipedia trademark in his book title? If not, I say threaten to sue unless he releases the book under a free content license. I'm serious.
Given that O'Reilly already publishes a number of books that are also
available under free-content licenses, you might do better through polite requests than legal threats.
I doubt it. Best strategy would probably be thinly veiled legal threats disguised as politeness.
Depending on their sales curve, opening it up at some point could well give them a nice sales boost.
Maybe, maybe not. Using Wikipedia in the title surely provides a nice sales boost, though.
Anyway, for all I know they've already gotten permission. Who would be the one to contact about this?
Um. Are you serious about this? Please, don't tell me you are.
Michel