[Foundation-l] Wikisource and the Handbook of Mathematical Functions
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Thu Nov 24 09:20:29 UTC 2005
kelvSYC wrote:
> Sorry if I'm in the wrong list in this matter, but I'm just too lazy
> to subscribe to the Wikisource list just for the sake of one
> message. Anyways, I want to add the Handbook of Mathematical
> Functions (or a wikified version therein) by Abramowitz and Stegun in
> Wikisource, but I am not too sure whether legal issues would preclude
> its inclusion.
>
> According to [[w:Abramowitz and Stegun]], it is not protected by
> copyright, as it is a product of American government employees acting
> in official capacity, but it has been commercially reproduced. Free
> copies of the handbook are available online, according to its
> external links version.
>
> Advice on the matter is greatly appreciated.
It's clearly in the public domain; there is no mention of copyright at
the beginning of the book. In that time a notice was a precondition to
being copyright. The fact that it has been commercially reproduced does
not take it out of the public domain. If you are taking the material
from a commercial reproduction, only material (such as an introduction)
that they have added could be protected.
Ec
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