[Foundation-l] Author "Wikimedia Foundation" at Barnes&Nobles shop on Nook

[John Vandenberg]

The problem isnt that they are providing ebooks, but

1. they are "By Wikimedia Foundation"
    http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/wikimedia-foundation
2. they are poor quality, or dont work

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wikibooks-wikimedia-founation/1029279842

"I hardly ever write negative reviews. WIKI has produced excellent
books on numerous wars and aircraft I am sure this would be of
excellent quality if it would load. The book does not load. The
loading screen comes up then after about 3-4 seconds, it closes and
goes back to the homescreen.

I have a Nook Tablet."

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wikibooks-wikimedia-foundation/1102082833

"Has no organization. Seems to be a collection of random notes. The
code examples do not render well on nook (dashes are missing, word
wrapping is messed up, line numbers are off). You will not learn C by
reading this book"

"Don't buy this one.

Very hard to navigate! The contents list is impossible."

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Neil Babbage <neil at thebabbages.com> wrote:
>
> So, correct WMF is not the author and this should be changed. Listing people as editors of a book using material from WP or any other project is acceptable. The terms of use and licenses simply require the appropriate attribution and you'd need to buy the book to confirm if this has or hasn't been done. However my view on this is that this reuse was exactly what was intended when the decision was made to make the content freely available and we aren't in a position to complain now. If this wasn't intended then Jimbo could have started WP with a "no commercial use" license. Sure it seems a rip off to us but there are always going to be people who buy stuff they could get for free - bottled water anyone?
>
> Personally I'd like to see someone set up a pay wall version of WP that has strict content control making it available to those groups that won't trust or use WP because of its free-for-all nature. Someone will make money but more knowledge will be spread which I think outweighs the "evil" of charging a fee...
>
>
> Neil / QuiteUnusual at Wikibooks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah <slimvirgin at gmail.com>
> Sender: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:27:39
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List<foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Reply-To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Author "Wikimedia Foundation" at Barnes&Nobles
>  shop on Nook
>
> I also wish the Wikimedia Foundation would do something about these books.
>
> Here is one by me, or by Wikipedia, but NOT by Frederic P. Miller,
> Agnes F. Vandome (Editor), and John McBrewster (Editor).
> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/marshalsea-frederic-p-miller/1028062431?ean=9786130034771&itm=1&usri=marshalsea
>
> The byline apart, it's disturbing that someone might be conned into
> paying $77 for it, when they can download it for free.
>
> Sarah
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:24 PM, RYU Cheol <rcheol at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You can find that at this link.
>> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wikibooks-wikimedia-foundation/1102082833?ean=2940012379689&itm=1&usri=wikimedia+foundation
>>
>>
>> I think anybody can sell well organized ebook on commercially.
>> But the author is not the Wimedia Foundation exactly. I think the seller eM
>> publication's business is illegitimate. It is a trademark infringement if
>> the foundation did not permit the use.
>>
>> Cheol
>>
>> 2012/3/5 RYU Cheol <rcheol at gmail.com>
>>
>>> Hi, all!
>>>
>>> I searched "Wikimedia Foundation" by chance and a lot of Wikibooks,
>>> possibly collections of Wikipedia articles. The author of the books is
>>> "Wikimedia Foundation." I don't think Wikimedia Foundation is selling the
>>> e-books for 2~3 dollars, and I think it is a fraud. Many buyer commented
>>> that they want their money back.
>>>
>>> I think the Foundation needs to find out the case and alert the bookshop.
>>>
>>> Cheol
>>>

-- 
John Vandenberg