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legal terms question here also -- several major world economies are operating under very different rules regarding datasets and publication rights. I am in the

by gnerd00 6mo ago

legal terms question here also -- several major world economies are operating under very different rules regarding datasets and publication rights. I am in the USA / California.. will there be terms for me, given that I am not a giant deep-pockets FAANG, just a book person ? commercial use terms for "small business" scale ?

TremendousJudge 6mo ago
I guess such an old edition is in the public domain
ahaspel 6mo ago
The 1911 text itself is public domain, so anyone is free to use it. What I’ve built here is a structured edition — the parsing, reconstruction, linking, indexing, etc. I haven’t published a formal license for that yet. For casual or small-scale use there’s no issue at all. For bulk use (e.g. dataset / training / redistribution), I’d prefer people get in touch so I can figure out a sensible way to support that.
- Kerrick 6mo ago
  > What I’ve built here is a structured edition — the parsing, reconstruction, linking, indexing, etc. I haven’t published a formal license for that yet. If you live in the U.S. I recommend you read No Sweat of the Brow Copyright: https://www.gutenberg.org/help/no_sweat_copyright.html https://www.gutenberg.org/help/no_sweat_copyright.html
dessimus 6mo ago
It's been on Project Gutenburg for over 20 years: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13600 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13600 They only release books that are in the public domain.
- bentley 6mo ago
  > They only release books that are in the public domain. Not necessarily. Project Gutenberg does provide some works still under US copyright, such as F. P. Walter’s 1999 translation of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2488 https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2488
- gnerd00 6mo ago
  better link here https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Encyclopaedia+Britannica%2C+11th+Edition https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Encyclopaedia...

by gnerd00 6mo ago

TremendousJudge 6mo ago

I guess such an old edition is in the public domain

ahaspel 6mo ago

The 1911 text itself is public domain, so anyone is free to use it. What I’ve built here is a structured edition — the parsing, reconstruction, linking, indexing, etc. I haven’t published a formal license for that yet. For casual or small-scale use there’s no issue at all. For bulk use (e.g. dataset / training / redistribution), I’d prefer people get in touch so I can figure out a sensible way to support that.

Kerrick 6mo ago
> What I’ve built here is a structured edition — the parsing, reconstruction, linking, indexing, etc. I haven’t published a formal license for that yet. If you live in the U.S. I recommend you read No Sweat of the Brow Copyright: https://www.gutenberg.org/help/no_sweat_copyright.html https://www.gutenberg.org/help/no_sweat_copyright.html

dessimus 6mo ago

It's been on Project Gutenburg for over 20 years: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13600 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13600 They only release books that are in the public domain.

bentley 6mo ago
> They only release books that are in the public domain. Not necessarily. Project Gutenberg does provide some works still under US copyright, such as F. P. Walter’s 1999 translation of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2488 https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2488
gnerd00 6mo ago
better link here https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Encyclopaedia+Britannica%2C+11th+Edition https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Encyclopaedia...