It's something that has been discussed from time-to-time and generally hailed as a Good Idea. I think the problem is usually finding a hosting site like archive.org outside the US.tyciol wrote:I hope this isn't overly nosy, but I am curious, would it be possible to make sister sites to LibriVox which are centered in other nations, such as Canada, where the copyrights have already expired?
Unfortunately, GFDL isn't the same as public domain since it carries restrictions. Specifically, the GFDL must follow any copies or derivatives and the source must be made available to the recipient. With public domain, there are no restrictions on copies or derivatives.omar234 wrote:How about the translations of the 'Romance of The Three Kingdoms' books (originally by Luo Guanzhong)
he apparently wrote it in the 14th century and i think the translated work is under the terms of the
'GNU Free Documentation License.'
any way to get this in public domain?
Published in 1937 in Denmark & England, 1938 in the USA. Still under copyright.TheresaSeiders wrote:Hi there. Wondering if you know about Isak Dinesen...particularly Out of Africa. Can this be recorded?
Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a "future history" science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Stapledon's conception of history is based on the Hegelian Dialectic, following a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, but it is also one of progress, as the later civilizations rise to far greater heights than the first. (Introduction by Wikepedia)
