From: Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:37:33 -0700
Of course you would score a major coup for the project by getting the
copyright holder (the Royal Navy if I recall) to allow us to use their text
under terms of the GNU FDL.
I'm working on letters to various government officials pointing out
that since the US government is required by law to publish in the
public domain, its publications are used worldwide. If other
governments, such as Canada, adopted a similiar practice, there
would be more diversity in public domain information to choose
from, and projects like ours would be able balance American
perspective with material from other countries.
I encourage other Canadians (and all citizens of countries without
that lovely American law, for that matter) to apply a little pressure
to your government officials. A few well-placed letters on issues
that aren't in the public eye really can make a difference.
- Stephen G.
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