brainstorms

Monday June 20, 2005

someone comes to town, someone leaves town...

cory doctorow's latest novel, someone comes to town, someone leaves town is now available online under a creative commons license (of course). this time, he is using a creative commons developing nations license. from his announcement:

This book is the first novel to employ the new Creative Commons Developing Nations License. That's a license that lets anyone living in a country that's not on the World Bank's list of high-income countries treat the book as if it were in the public domain. If you live in a developing nation, you can print your own editions of this book and sell them, you can make your own movies, radio plays, translations and whatever else you can think of, charge whatever the traffic will bear for them, and never give me a penny or ask my permission (though I hope you'll drop me a line and let me know what you're up to so I can keep up on the book's spread!). The only limitation on this right is that you may only export your works to other developing nations: the rich nations where my paying customers live are strictly off-limits.

nicely done. congratulations cory.

music: tbd.