[sdiy] - Service Manual Project -

[Mo Rosati]

( fourth try on psting this... )

Hi,
 
I wanted to thank everyone for their valuable help, suggestions, general
in-sight & volunteering of services / files.
No doubt, every concern is valid & deserves some careful thought.  At
this point, it's actually a little overwhelming but a very interesting
challenge to say the least.
 
-- Legal --
 
Rainer: " copyright expires after 50-70 years " is this in references to
the USA specifically ?
 
I wonder if sites that openly SELL vintage service manuals have legal
clearance?
eg:
http://www.markglinsky.com/ManualManor.html
http://www.musicparts.com/companies.asp
 
 
-- Sale of Archive on Ebay etc. -- 
 
Unfortunately, this is an inevitable side effect & I don't think there
would be anyway at all to stop this type of activity.
 
 
-- Centralized vs. Distributed -- 
 
Obviously, I think the advantages of a large centralized archive are
numerous.  
I think that one of the biggest benefits of this project is that it
allows the pooling / sharing of individual resources & bringing it all
together in ONE spot ( mirrors aside ) for everyone to benefit on a
worldwide basis.  
The keywords... Centralized, Organized & Available..... Like I mentioned
earlier.. the Napster of Vintage Service Manuals
 
 
-- Client / Server Model vs. Peer to Peer ( Bit Torrent ) -- 
 
This is an interesting one, with many advantages & dis-advantages for
both models.  
My own personal experiences are based on the Client / Server Model ( eg.
1 or 2 main FTP servers with 3 to 4 mirrored servers ), so I always tend
to lean in that direction but ...never say never... It's very difficult
to accurately estimate the size this archive, but I'm sure it would be
substantially large, which I think would more of an argument towards the
Client / Server Model.
 
 
The discussion continues...
 
Thanks,
Mo

>>> Aaron Lanterman <lanterma at ece.gatech.edu> 05/22/07 9:18 PM >>>

On May 22, 2007, at 7:05 PM, KA4HJH wrote:

>>> Of course, there's one thing which could be done (at least for  
>>> service
>>> manuals): redraw the schematics, redraw all diagrams/pictures,  
>>> retype
>>> the text. Then copyright is not violated.

Redrawing schematic = known OK.

Retyping text = not sure about that.

- Aaron
_______________________________________________
Synth-diy mailing list
Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy