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> > -Original Message- > From: Bob Dutton [mailto:rdutton@gloworm.stanford.edu] > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 12:05 PM > To: Louis Scheffer > Subject: Re: Can I put figures 1 and 2 on Wikipedia?

> Louis Scheffer wrote:

>> Hi, Bob! >> >> I forgot to ask a question about your chapter figures. The text of >> the articles is copyright CRC, and they gave permission to put the >> intros on Wikipedia. Sometimes, though, the figures come from >> elsewhere, in which case there are restriction on what can be done >> with them. In your case, are figures 1 and 2 made for this chapter, >> or did you get them from some other publication? If they are yours, >> can I put them on Wikipedia? Doing so means they become completely >> public domain - anyone can use them, for any purpose they choose, with >>

> >> no further permission required. These figures would be very helpful >> for an introduction intended for general audience, so I hope we can >> use them, but of course it's your call. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Lou >>

> Hey Lou: > I LOVE Wikipedia and this is a GREAT idea! > I'll send you a couple of figures that you are welcome to post...should > I send them as PDF files? > Cheers, > Bob >

Hey Lou: Attached are THREE figures (actually parts of text Figures) with titles as in TEXT + brief ref. to CRC Handbook and Chapter 25. If you want them in some other form or without captions etc. please let me know. Cheers, Bob

Email trail where publisher gives permission to use chapter intros
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From: Redshaw, Helena Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 1:54 PM To: Elt, Larisa Y.; Donley, Amber Subject: FW: Reference EDA Handbook in Wikipedia

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From: Konopka, Nora Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 1:42 PM To: Redshaw, Helena Subject: RE: Reference EDA Handbook in Wikipedia

I think this is okay as long as each entry is no longer than a paragraph or two. The entire toc and the entire preface can go up however...thanks buddy.

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From: Redshaw, Helena Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 2:14 PM To: Konopka, Nora Subject: FW: Reference EDA Handbook in Wikipedia

What do you think?

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From: Louis Scheffer [mailto:lou@cadence.com] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:46 PM To: Grant Martin; Luciano Lavagno; Redshaw, Helena; Donley, Amber Subject: Reference EDA Handbook in Wikipedia

Hi!

I had an idea that I think would help sales of our book and perform a civic service at the same time.

I assume you've heard of Wikipedia, and maybe tried it. If not, try

http://en.wikipedia.org  (the English language version).

Type any topic into the search box on the left - it's amazing what's already there. Very soon, if not already, this will be one of the first places people check on line for any serious topic.

Anyway, here's our chance. There are EDA entries, but they are mostly stubs (short definitions only). I'd suggest we take all of our chapters (and maybe the whole introduction) and make a Wikipedia page from the chapter abstract and introduction. We'd make a link to the actual text at the bottom (Wikipedia discourages commercial links, but links to reference books are considered reasonable, especially if they include the ISBN so they can be searched for from multiple sources. Furthermore, articles are expected to list their sources).

To show what this would look like, I did this with one of my chapters. Type "Layout extraction" in Wikipedia to see it.

The downside is that this basically puts these paragraphs in the public domain. The advantages, however, seem much stronger. Even a casual search on a relevant topic leads directly to our book. The chapter titles would match our titles, and text would match our text, so related searches that start from Wikipedia will also find our book. From the public's point of view, they get excellent summaries written by experts.

Since Wikipedia can be written by anyone, there is no guarantee that our pages would stay. On the other hand, well written pages on technical topics tend to be extremely stable, so I think they would.

So to the CRC folks (Helena and Amber) can I get permission to use the introductory paragraphs of each chapter as Wikipedia pages?

Thanks,

Lou Scheffer