IANAL, but it seems to me fair use does not apply here:
- you are quoting the *whole* article
- your quote is not actually in direct service of criticism or commentary, that is, your quote is not tied to specific points of criticism or specific comments.
"You cannot simply take the Lord of the Rings, wrap it as an e-book, and sell it without the permission of the Tolkien estate"
Actually, I believe LotR is out of copyright. So, while the point you are making is correct, the specific example is not.
Amen! One addition that may be of particular importance for the original poster: Another wrong attitude: "I already know this stuff."
When I teach CS1, I usually have some students who know some Java and are totally bored while I teach "this is a variable, this is a loop", and decide the class has nothing to teach them. So when I get to recursion or linked lists or whatever they are not paying attention (despite my warnings) and fall behind.
Actually, the GPL does matter to the end user in at least one way: if you use proprietary code you are at the mercy of the code's owner for bug fixes, new features, etc. If the owner decides not to provide some change to the code you are out of luck. With GPL'ed code you can always hire someone to make the changes you need, even if the original owner of the code has disappeared / been bought by your main competitor / etc
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IANAL, but it seems to me fair use does not apply here:
- you are quoting the *whole* article
- your quote is not actually in direct service of criticism or commentary, that is, your quote is not tied to specific points of criticism or specific comments.
"You cannot simply take the Lord of the Rings, wrap it as an e-book, and sell it without the permission of the Tolkien estate" Actually, I believe LotR is out of copyright. So, while the point you are making is correct, the specific example is not.
Amen! One addition that may be of particular importance for the original poster:
Another wrong attitude: "I already know this stuff."
When I teach CS1, I usually have some students who know some Java and are totally bored while I teach "this is a variable, this is a loop", and decide the class has nothing to teach them. So when I get to recursion or linked lists or whatever they are not paying attention (despite my warnings) and fall behind.
Actually, the GPL does matter to the end user in at least one way: if you use proprietary code you are at the mercy of the code's owner for bug fixes, new features, etc. If the owner decides not to provide some change to the code you are out of luck. With GPL'ed code you can always hire someone to make the changes you need, even if the original owner of the code has disappeared / been bought by your main competitor / etc