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Mike, I am working on a textbook with accompanying software for a residential wiring course for tech schools. Can you give me advice on contacting NFPA about requesting copyright permission. I have hundreds of codes in both the book and software. Thanks Bill Bamford. I read your piece about the how the NEC should not be copyrighted.
 
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Mike Holt rarely posts here, so don't expect a reply from him.

And on another note, it's not the best idea to post your email addy for every spammer and scammer to see.

You might find your best answer by contacting a lawyer that specializes in copyright or intellectual property law.
 
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Bill_From_GA said:
Mike, I am working on a textbook with accompanying software for a residential wiring course for tech schools. Can you give me advice on contacting NFPA about requesting copyright permission. I have hundreds of codes in both the book and software. Thanks Bill Bamford. I read your piece about the how the NEC should not be copyrighted.
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Thanks for the info
 
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When I was in engineering school I took a course where the text was pricey, so four or five students got together and bought one copy and made photocopies of sections of it to bring to class. What they neglected to note was that the name of the author of the book and the name of the professor for the course were the same. Dr. Streetman was not amused. :D
 
ggunn said:
In a related story...

When I was in engineering school I took a course where the text was pricey, so four or five students got together and bought one copy and made photocopies of sections of it to bring to class. What they neglected to note was that the name of the author of the book and the name of the professor for the course were the same. Dr. Streetman was not amused. :D
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At Stevens we had to use Dr. Chirlian's book, what he wrote hisself. Well, when the answer key to a problem in the book tells you that the integral of sin(x) is sin(x)2/2, you know you aren't dealing with a quality product. I sold it to an underclassman the next year. It still did that little spine-crackle new textbooks do when you open them for the first time.
 
gadfly56 said:
At Stevens we had to use Dr. Chirlian's book, what he wrote hisself. Well, when the answer key to a problem in the book tells you that the integral of sin(x) is sin(x)2/2, you know you aren't dealing with a quality product. I sold it to an underclassman the next year. It still did that little spine-crackle new textbooks do when you open them for the first time.
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Answer keys are usually written by grad students who solve the problems written by the author.

The students are paid pretty meagerly, so mistakes are somewhat common. Found more than one error in my math texts.
 
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