Re: Proposal for a PostgreSQL Print Magazine - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy
From | damien clochard |
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Subject | Re: Proposal for a PostgreSQL Print Magazine |
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Msg-id | 4D826D1E.5070207@dalibo.info Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Proposal for a PostgreSQL Print Magazine (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>) |
List | pgsql-advocacy |
Le 17/03/2011 01:25, Josh Berkus a écrit : > Damien, > >> In particular, I think Planet PostgreSQL and the wiki are great sources >> for content. I bet that most authors will be ok to give their articles >> for free, as long as : > > Oh, that's a very good idea. > >> * The magazine makes no profit from it > > Actually, I think people would be OK with the magazine raising money for > pg.EU or other NGOs. > yes the definition of "non-profit" / "non-commercial" is always tricky... My understanding is that you can raise money for a PGEU, SPI or PGUS and still being "non-commercial", in the sense that ( behond that fact that the magazine is sold ) the primary goal is not increasing indivual or collective wealth Maybe choosing a Creative Commons BY-SA-NC licence would make things clear. However then some people might argue that it's not a free (as in speech) licence >> * The URL to the original article is provided >> * A short bio of the author is displayed >> * The author's employer is quoted >> * The author can review the magazine before it's published > > Speaking from experience, the last point is a really bad idea. You'll > never get the magazine out the door. > understood >> Hum, actually i'd be much more comfortable with very few money involved >> in this. If you pay some writers, than you need to pay them all. With > > Yeah, I can see your idea now. I think it's a good one and far more > likely to succeed. > Thanks :) >> Also a lot images i use are free as long as the magazine stays >> non-commercial. If we include advertisings inside the magazine, then we >> can't use this pictures anymore and we'll have pay for a photo bank >> accout such as istockphoto.com with probably an unlimited reproduction >> license option that will cost a lot. > > What if the magazine raises funds for an NGO? > Once again my understanding is that you can raise money for an NGO and still claim to be "non-commercial". >> Of course, there's also the printing cost. I see to simple ways to deal >> with that : > > Printing costs are pretty minor. I'd think that SPI and pg.EU could > cover them. > >>> a) would take writing time away from general publications which reach >>> new users >> >> Well this depends on how you negociate with those general publications. >> In France, Guillaume writes articles for GNU/Linux mag and 6 months >> after publication, the articles are released under CC-BY-NC-SA licence, >> which means they can be reused in a free-as-beer media. > > If you're reprinting Planet articles etc., this is not an issue. > >>> d) currently no volunteer as editor >> >> Actually i am. Or maybe i don't understand what you mean by "editor" :) > > Ah, I thought you weren't volunteering. We'll still need vols for > language editors though. I'm not convinced that we won't end up paying > for editorial (and design, and layout) somehow, but we can give it a > shot for at least one issue. > Yes, i'm not completly opposed to that. It's just that **for now** i don't see the need for a professionnal editor. But if the magazine gets as popular as i hope, that's a possibility. -- damien clochard dalibo.com | dalibo.org
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