[SCC_Active_Members] the Quirks in Reviving CS books

[Lee Courtney]

Oops, my context didn't all switch!

Yes, Ken Iverson's A Programming Language.

Lee Courtney

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Steele [mailto:Guy.Steele at sun.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 11:28 AM
> To: Lee Courtney
> Cc: 'Edward Feigenbaum'; 'Bernard L. Peuto'; 'SCC active'
> Subject: Re: [SCC_Active_Members] the Quirks in Reviving CS books
> 
> 
> On Mar 9, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Lee Courtney wrote:
> 
> > Ed et al,
> >
> >
> >> p.s. another issue: what about setting up a CHM Press, similar to 
> >> what the AAAI did. Then people can donate the copyrights to 
> >> "classics" to the CHM and the CHM can choose to republish 
> (sooner or 
> >> later). I am guessing that MIT Press or Stanford Press would be 
> >> willing to enter into a publishing partnership as MIT 
> Press did with 
> >> the AAAI.
> >>
> >> We would need an editor of the CHM imprint.  A volunteer 
> could easily 
> >> do the job.
> >>
> >
> > This could be as little as an "electronic" reprint. For example, 
> > Christian Langreiter has obtained reprint permission for Knuth's
> 
> Iverson's?
> 
> --Guy Steele
> 
> >                                                             
>            
> >                  A Programming
> > Language. Christian and I have a couple of cosmetically 
> clean editions 
> > for scanning.
> >
> > Facilitating publishing of classics, either bits or atoms, would be 
> > great and CHM could provide a home for these works much as 
> the SCC is 
> > trying to do with software.
> >
> > Talking with Allison the Museum already has a defined process for 
> > accepting ownership of IP. Next step would be to wrap a "CHM Press" 
> > program around "Computing Classic's Series". Doing this in 
> conjunction 
> > with the ACM would be great.
> >
> > Lee Courtney
>