http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/K/htmlK/keeshanbob/keeshanbob.htm
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We won't know until we try.
Unfortunately, and I'm as guilty of this as any of us, doing work like this -- approaching people to try to get not just standard permission but a free license -- will involve stepping outside our comfort zone, which is "sit and type on the Internet".
--Jimbo
Point taken, with a large side-order of "I picked a weak example."
And as for comfort zones, I'm the guy who wrote to Her Majesty's Stationery Office about Crown Copyright. I got Michael Phillips, maintainer of "Ship of the Old Navy," to give us free use of his material. I have requests out at the moment. Anyone who wants help with such requests is welcome to contact me.