From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: manual activism (was: Re: no C-h i m emacs ??) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:16:09 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87h9xwgqg6.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87egt14r51.fsf@reader.local.lan> <87vbmdkytr.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> <20141117202904653270936@bob.proulx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416345333 14844 80.91.229.3 (18 Nov 2014 21:15:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:15:33 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 18 22:15:26 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xqq7Q-0003lF-FJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:15:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55407 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xqq7Q-0006hP-12 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:15:24 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 51 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:N7YNmioRc0vuM/aswmkoC34gY00= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:208755 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:101035 Archived-At: Subhan Michael Tindall writes: > It may be legal, however, it is likely not going to > get you far. Most libraries have a process in place > to put books in to circulation. A donated book is as > likely to end up in the 'friends of the library' > sale as it is in circulation, and you have virtually > no control over that. A much better route is to > contact your library, find out who curates the > computer manual collection, and talk with them > first. ...and just what do you think my proposal is? > A short document explaining what you want to donate > and why it would be of use in the collection might > be of use also. I had a war tax protester friend who > used to donate books for circulation every year with > her tax money. It often took several months to get > approval for specific books to be approved for the > circulating collection. Most of the time she ended > up just asking the library for a short list of > desired books and would work from there. I don't > know about your local library, but here in Multnomah > County, OR, our library also has an extensive ebook > collection that can be checked out, that might be an > easier route to pursue to get such manuals added to > the collection. The manuals are already available on the web and in the repos. So I don't need to put them there, and even if I did I wouldn't involve my library to do it. > This message is intended for the sole use of the > individual and entity to which it is addressed and > may contain information that is privileged, > confidential and exempt from disclosure under > applicable law. If you are not the intended > addressee, nor authorized to receive for the > intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you > may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone > the message or any information contained in the > message. If you have received this message in error, > please immediately advise the sender by reply email > and delete the message. Thank you. You are welcome. -- underground experts united