Timeline for Permission to use Online Notes
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| Nov 28, 2012 at 7:12 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by François G. Dorais | ||
| Jan 5, 2012 at 22:59 | history | edited | paul garrett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 5, 2012 at 19:43 | comment | added | Tom Leinster | I agree, Michael, and I think that's an excellent reason to contact the author, though I'd probably prefer to achieve the same effect by sending an explicit email of thanks. One thing I like about academic culture (and maybe specifically mathematical culture) is the ideal of free exchange of ideas. Asking permission when it's not really necessary perhaps contributes in a tiny way to a norm wherein one is supposed to ask permission. | |
| Jan 5, 2012 at 19:03 | comment | added | Michael Joyce | Also, by asking permission, you let the author know that their notes are useful to others. It gives you the opportunity to thank them for making the notes available and will likely make them more enthused about adding new notes, updating notes, etc. in the future. It could also potentially lead to the author seeking your feedback and possibly incorporating some of your suggestions into a revised version down the road. So even if asking permission is a formality in a given situation, it can have desirable side effects. | |
| Jan 5, 2012 at 18:41 | history | answered | paul garrett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |