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David Gerard

13 Dec 2012 13 Dec '12

6:25 p.m.

http://singularityhub.com/2012/12/13/patented-book-writing-system-lets-one-… He's patented the method, too. Hopefully he will enforce the patent. - d.

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Mathias Schindler

13 Dec 13 Dec

6:54 p.m.

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:25 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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http://singularityhub.com/2012/12/13/patented-book-writing-system-lets-one-… He's patented the method, too. Hopefully he will enforce the patent.

Noam Cohen wrote about him in 2008: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/business/worldbusiness/14iht-14link.11952… Little has changed since then.

Sage Ross

6:57 p.m.

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:25 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

http://singularityhub.com/2012/12/13/patented-book-writing-system-lets-one-… He's patented the method, too. Hopefully he will enforce the patent.

Noam Cohen wrote about him in 2008: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/business/worldbusiness/14iht-14link.11952… Little has changed since then.

This, if I recall correctly, is some Wikimedians geeking out over how cool his methods were: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aaron,_SJ_and_Mako_at_Boston_Wikiped… :-) -Sage

Marie-Antoine Rieu

7:13 p.m.

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Extraordinaire... 2012/12/13 Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia(a)gmail.com>

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:25 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote: >

http://singularityhub.com/2012/12/13/patented-book-writing-system-lets-one-…

He's patented the method, too. Hopefully he will enforce the patent.

Noam Cohen wrote about him in 2008:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/business/worldbusiness/14iht-14link.11952…

Little has changed since then.

This, if I recall correctly, is some Wikimedians geeking out over how cool his methods were: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aaron,_SJ_and_Mako_at_Boston_Wikiped… :-) -Sage _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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Andy Mabbett

18 Dec 18 Dec

7:48 p.m.

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Here's a good one: <http://www.amazon.com/Data-Governance-High-impact-Strategies-Definitions/dp/1743048122/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1355548609&sr=8-14&keywords=data+governance#_> the review says "When I got the Data Governance book, I was surprised to find that the first 80 pages were the score for Vivaldi's Gloria On 13 December 2012 18:25, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Pavel Richter

9:21 p.m.

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And on the first page, it says: "A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission". Do we have any records on wether these donations actually happend and how much they were? And do we have a point of view in regards to such donations? I know that the books are propably OK under our licence, but I do not think it is a good idea to accept their money. Pavel Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Pavel Richter Vorstand Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260 Twitter: @pavel 2012/12/18 Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>

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Here's a good one: < http://www.amazon.com/Data-Governance-High-impact-Strategies-Definitions/dp…

the review says "When I got the Data Governance book, I was surprised to find that the first 80 pages were the score for Vivaldi's Gloria On 13 December 2012 18:25, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

http://singularityhub.com/2012/12/13/patented-book-writing-system-lets-one-…

> He's patented the method, too. Hopefully he will enforce the patent.

> - d.

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David Gerard

9:43 p.m.

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On 18 December 2012 21:21, Pavel Richter <pavel.richter(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:

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I'm pretty sure using our name to imply the books are in any way charitable is something we could reasonably question on trademark grounds - direct intent to deceive the end consumer. - d.

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