"RP" == <rspuzio@planetmath.info> writes:
RP> I wanted to bring to your attention a proposal for a Wikimedia RP> grant on which I am a coauthor. RP> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/PlanetMath_Books_Project RP> If successful, it would help improve technology for RP> retrodigitizing math books. Given the considerable collective RP> knowledge of this listserver on this topic, suggestions and RP> comments would be welcome. RP> Raymond Puzio While the proposal is technically interesting, I am rather skeptical on the outcome of the retrodigitation, because of the existing copyright laws. Every textbook that might be worth digitizing is under copyright and will be in copyright maybe for a century from now. Authors have probably transferred the copyright to publishers, so even authors willing to cooperate cannot. And most of the recent textbooks have already LaTeX sources. Much more can be hoped by the diffusion of teaching material with free licences, through the diffusion of a culture of sharing. Carlo Traverso