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Thank you to Mr Greg Newby for this project. RIP

by knob 1y ago

kragen 1y ago
Newby did an enormous amount to help Project Gutenberg, but he was not its CEO or founder. Probably if you want to thank one person for the project it should be Michael Hart (PBUH). As WP explains: > Newby got involved with Project Gutenberg in 1991 or 1992, became friends with founder Michael S. Hart, and was "undoubtedly the most consequential volunteer", according to a scholar writing about the history of the project.[10][21] In 2000 or 2001, Newby formed the associated nonprofit organization, the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, and became its director and CEO.[10][22][2] He also worked to integrate Distributed Proofreaders into the project.[21] He was a founding trustee of the Distributed Proofreaders Foundation at its formation in July 2006.[23][24] He led improvements to the technology platform underlying Project Gutenberg[25] and navigated challenges related to the copyright status of books in different countries.[26]
- duk3luk3 1y ago
  Your citation appears to directly contradict your argument. How did this happen?
  - brobdingnagians 1y ago
    Sad that my first thought was "AI".
    - deleted 1y ago
      [deleted]
  - kragen 1y ago
    My citation explains that Michael Hart was the founder of PG, and the foundation that Newby headed didn't even exist until 02000. Newby would never in his life have wanted people to think that he had founded PG! I've edited my comment above to make it clearer what its central argument is, since you seem to have misunderstood either the argument or the quote.
- bux93 1y ago
  Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.
  - bryanrasmussen 1y ago
    I'm generally pretty good at figuring out even the most abstruse jokes, but not getting this one. Care to explain?
    - kragen 1y ago
      It wasn't that abstruse 15 years ago. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kanye-interrupts-imma-let-you-finish https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kanye-interrupts-imma-let-you... The difference, in my view, is that Taylor Swift wasn't being incorrectly given credit for Beyoncé's video.
      - bryanrasmussen 1y ago
        ok yeah I knew the reference I just wasn't getting how they thought it applied here.
        chucksmash 1y ago
        At one point this morning, this thread was about 50% posts by someone repeatedly pointing out that it wasn't the founder of Project Gutenberg who had passed away and being maybe a little precious about writing their dates with a leading zero. Imo, it was a valid criticism.
    - sevensor 1y ago
      On the award of her Grammy, Kanye West grabbed the microphone and said this to Taylor Swift. I think Newby is Swift in this analogy. Edit: MTV Video Music Award, not Grammy.
      - dkga 1y ago

Thank you to Mr Greg Newby for this project. RIP

by knob 1y ago

Thank you to Mr Greg Newby for this project. RIP

Newby did an enormous amount to help Project Gutenberg, but he was not its CEO or founder. Probably if you want to thank one person for the project it should be Michael Hart (PBUH). As WP explains: > Newby got involved with Project Gutenberg in 1991 or 1992, became friends with founder Michael S. Hart, and was "undoubtedly the most consequential volunteer", according to a scholar writing about the history of the project.[10][21] In 2000 or 2001, Newby formed the associated nonprofit organization, the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, and became its director and CEO.[10][22][2] He also worked to integrate Distributed Proofreaders into the project.[21] He was a founding trustee of the Distributed Proofreaders Foundation at its formation in July 2006.[23][24] He led improvements to the technology platform underlying Project Gutenberg[25] and navigated challenges related to the copyright status of books in different countries.[26]

duk3luk3 1y ago
Your citation appears to directly contradict your argument. How did this happen?
- brobdingnagians 1y ago
  Sad that my first thought was "AI".
  - deleted 1y ago
    [deleted]
- kragen 1y ago
  My citation explains that Michael Hart was the founder of PG, and the foundation that Newby headed didn't even exist until 02000. Newby would never in his life have wanted people to think that he had founded PG! I've edited my comment above to make it clearer what its central argument is, since you seem to have misunderstood either the argument or the quote.
bux93 1y ago
Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.
- bryanrasmussen 1y ago
  I'm generally pretty good at figuring out even the most abstruse jokes, but not getting this one. Care to explain?
  - kragen 1y ago
    It wasn't that abstruse 15 years ago. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kanye-interrupts-imma-let-you-finish https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kanye-interrupts-imma-let-you... The difference, in my view, is that Taylor Swift wasn't being incorrectly given credit for Beyoncé's video.
    - bryanrasmussen 1y ago
      ok yeah I knew the reference I just wasn't getting how they thought it applied here.
      - chucksmash 1y ago
        At one point this morning, this thread was about 50% posts by someone repeatedly pointing out that it wasn't the founder of Project Gutenberg who had passed away and being maybe a little precious about writing their dates with a leading zero. Imo, it was a valid criticism.
  - sevensor 1y ago
    On the award of her Grammy, Kanye West grabbed the microphone and said this to Taylor Swift. I think Newby is Swift in this analogy. Edit: MTV Video Music Award, not Grammy.
    - dkga 1y ago