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Problems (and Solutions?)
- Funding and continuation of burning CDs.
- Sending the CD-ROM through the post.
- Announcing the CD-ROM to relevant "test" laboratories
who may like this receive this type of information.
- Legal Aspects of Creating the CD-ROM.
Funding and continuation of burning CDs.
Initially this was personally funded, not continued at a small
scale under the CCP14.
CD-ROMs cannot be sold (despite requests from Western Laboratories) as
this would invalidate the basis for many of the web site and software
permissions.
Could be feasible on a significant scale if sponsorship
was used combined with a distribution of a suitable medium
(i.e., the IUCr Newsletter).
Sending the CD-ROM through the post
Some parts of the world require parcels sent with SECURE POST at
an extra cost (~US$7.5) to guarantee packages will arrive.
Getting Information to Suitable Test Laboratories Isolated from the Internet!!
- Assistance from colleagues?
- Appropriate Newsletters with decent geographical reach?
- Other????
Legal Aspects
- Obtaining Permissions to include material on CD-ROM
(easier when CD is given away - main challenge is to convince people
this is the case)
- Knowledge of Sections of the copyright act dealing with scholarly and
academic usage.
- The CD is effectively part of the internet except the networking is
orders of magnitude slower.
- Much internet software is subject to export
restrictions. Judicious choice of software may help in some
regards but not all.
- Interesting feedback from previous talks and discussions the author has
presented on this topic is the feeling (still) that internet custom and practise
should come above the law. (i.e., if it feels good do it).
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