[PSUBS-MAILIST] KEN MARTINDALE (was Big Motor..)

[Phil Nuytten <72020.572@compuserve.com>]

Hi, Pat!
        Re using stuff out of Frank Busby's 'Manned Submersibles' - sure,
of course, by all means ! I would have no hesitation. That's what Frank
wrote it for! ( That and the few bucks he made from it, and - believe me -
they were very few!) Copy whatever size chunks are relevant to what you
want to do. No-one would be happier than Busby to see his stuff being put
to good use. I do think, though, that the wholesale copying of some-ones
else's work, in its entirety, w,ithout their permission, or the
authozisation of the right-holder, is not just illegal - it is a wrong
thing to do, and shows complete disregard for the effort the guy put into
it in the first place.  To my mind, this is exactly the same as the idea of
simply copying George Kitteridge's plans so some-one can save a few bucks
at Kitteridge's expense - we went all through that one and, if memory
serves, it seems to me that the concensus was 'bad Karma' . The guiding
principal, IMHO, should be one of "would I want any-one to take something
that belongs to me, without my permission ?"  - you may surmise, as Dave
does, that the copyright belongs to the USN - but the one thing that you
don't have to surmise about is that it does not belong to you!
Phil Nuytten