From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 12:16:08 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Improve text. X-Git-Tag: edition-2015-10-15~36 X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/text-free-culture-lessig.git/commitdiff_plain/d7e01b679e6ec89b09256e1a63b3eab53460c94d?ds=sidebyside Improve text. --- diff --git a/freeculture-about-edition-en.xml b/freeculture-about-edition-en.xml index e69fd98..372c70f 100644 --- a/freeculture-about-edition-en.xml +++ b/freeculture-about-edition-en.xml @@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ This edition of Free Culture is the result of three years of volunteer work. The idea came from a discussion I had around ten years ago with a friend about the copyright debate in -Norway, and how rarely the negative sides of stronger regulation of -copyrighted works are mentioned in public. The summer of 2012 I -finally had a look again at the idea and decided to publish a printed -Norwegian Bokmål version of Free Culture, -translated and formatted by volunteers, as it describes the problem -area very well. This new English edition is a by-product of this -translation project. +Norway, and how rarely the negative sides of stronger copyright +regulation are mentioned in public. The summer of 2012 I finally had +a look again at the idea and decided to publish a Norwegian Bokmål +edition of Free Culture, translated and +formatted by volunteers, as it describes the problem area very well. +This new English edition is a by-product of this translation project. @@ -30,16 +29,17 @@ and called for volunteers to help me with the translation. -Several people joined, and helped with the English version. Ralph -Amissah and his SiSu version provided index entries. Morten Sickel -and Alexander Alemayhu helped with the figures, redrawing some of the -bitmaps as vector images. Håkon Wium Lie helped me track down a good -replacement font without usage restrictions instead of the one in the -original edition. The typesetting is done using dblatex, which was -selected over the alternatives thanks to the invaluable and quick help -from Benoît Guillon and Andreas Hoenen. Thomas Gramstad donated ISBN -numbers needed for distribution to book stores. Marc Jeanmougin from -the inkscape community helped me replicate the original front cover. +Several people joined, and the following even helped with the English +version. Ralph Amissah and his SiSu version provided index entries. +Morten Sickel and Alexander Alemayhu helped with the figures, +redrawing some of the bitmaps as vector images. Håkon Wium Lie helped +me track down a good replacement font without usage restrictions +instead of the one in the original edition. The typesetting is done +using dblatex, which was selected over the alternatives thanks to the +invaluable and quick help from Benoît Guillon and Andreas Hoenen. +Thomas Gramstad donated ISBN numbers needed for distribution to book +stores. Marc Jeanmougin from the inkscape community helped me +replicate the original front cover.