[PD-ot] Packt Publishing royalties

[Ed Kelly]

PS Antonio, nice favicon :)


 
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On , Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
 
Damn - they changed Yahoo mail recently and I can't seem to find it. However, www.hellocatfood.com does indeed seem to be genuine, and Antonio does indeed seem to be a performer with multimedia performer using Pure Data.
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>This doesn't look like a hack, but "free money" should always be treated with suspicion I'm sure.
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>Probably the best way forward is for one of us to get in touch with Packt publishing and request clarification.
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>Cheers,
>Ed
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>Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from Ninja Tune and Seeper, for iPhone and iPad
>http://www.ninjajamm.com/
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>Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!
>http://sharktracks.co.uk/ 
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>On , Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>Hmm. I couldn't get the post Antonio was referring to in his email. This could be a very sophisticated form of phishing I suppose. Apologies for my naivety!
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>>I have the book "Multimedia Programming in Pure Data" in
 front of me, published by Packt, by Brian WC Chung. No mention of Antonio Roberts!
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>>I'll just take a look at the header for the email and get back to you. Let's not take too much time in dealing with this.
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>>Ed
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>>Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from Ninja Tune and Seeper, for iPhone and iPad
>>http://www.ninjajamm.com/
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>>Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!
>>http://sharktracks.co.uk/ 
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>>On Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 13:41, Julian Brooks <jbeezez at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Is this some kind of so-dry-I-don't-get-it humour 'cos they look well suss
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>>>On 19 November 2013 13:21, Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>Wow!
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>>>>Is the Pd foundation up and running? I haven't followed the news (if there is any) regarding this.
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>>>>Perhaps this is within your scope Hans?
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>>>>Ed
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>>>>Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from Ninja Tune and Seeper, for iPhone and iPad
>>>>http://www.ninjajamm.com/
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>>>>Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!
>>>>http://sharktracks.co.uk/ 
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>>>>On Monday, 18 November 2013, 19:53, Antonio Roberts <antonio at hellocatfood.com> wrote:
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>>>>A representative of Packt Publishing recently put out a call to
>>>>>developers of open source software packages that are covered in their
>>>>>books to get in contact regarding royalties. They claim that they give
>>>>>money to the authors _and_ the project that the book is based upon.
>>>>>Text below:
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>>>>>"I'm sorry that we haven't yet been able to make this clear. I will
>>>>>have this looked in to and revised for clarity.
>>>>>But, to confirm, authors receive royalties on sales of their books but
>>>>>we also give a royalty, where the book is based on an Open Source
>>>>>software or system, to the Project.
>>>>>I'm not at liberty to disclose the names of projects that have
>>>>>received this
 royalty, only that cumulatively we have given out a
>>>>>large sum of money to them.
>>>>>Please also treat this as a call out to any Open Source project that
>>>>>we have published on to get in touch with me should they not be
>>>>>receiving their royalties, we can only send them to you if we have
>>>>>your details :) "
>>>>>
>>>>>Full thread here:
>>>>>https://plus.google.com/113862800338869870683/posts/PDVcovR7Sir See
>>>>>last comment from Jonathan Titmus
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>>>>>-- 
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>>>>>antonio at hellocatfood.com
>>>>>http://www.hellocatfood.com
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