Hmm, I remained relatively quiet throughout the discussion, as I didn't expect to buy the book version, and my worries about the online version were being addressed by others, but as a Haskell user and (occasional) paper author, I would like to register that CUP's handling of copyrights here is definitely not going unnoticed.

From an author's perspective, I'd love to see more publishers approaching the copyright question on an added-value basis (where a non-exclusive copyright is sufficient because the item will be published timely, in good quality and for a reasonable price - so people will want to buy it, not because they can't get it elsewhere, but because they like what they get!).

So, as a small token, I've revised my original plan and will now buy one of the printed versions (I shall also place higher priority on submitting to JFP in the future;-). Let's support forward-looking publishers! Thanks, Simon, and thanks, Conrad Guettler & CUP! Claus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Peyton-Jones" <simonpj@microsoft.com> To: <hakell@haskell.org> Cc: "Simon Peyton-Jones" <simonpj@microsoft.com>; "Conrad Guettler (Conrad Guettler (CUP))" <conrad@cup.cam.ac.uk> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:22 AM Subject: The Haskell 98 Report Folks, As you know, Cambridge University Press are doing us the huge service of publishing the Haskell 98 report, both as a special issue of the Journal of Functional Programming (Jan 2003) and as a hardback book (it'll cost around £35). I'm very, very, very happy to say that, following discussion with CUP, the copyright and reproduction arrangements for the report will remain unchanged; i.e. exactly as they are at: http://research.microsoft.com/~simonpj/haskell98-revised/haskell98-report-ht... I'm signing a letter that grants CUP a *non-exclusive* license to publish the Report, but it places no limitations on what else may be done with it. The copyright will still be (c) Simon Peyton Jones (as it has for some while; it has to be attached to someone or some thing), and the existing notice that says "you can do what you like with this Report" will stay unchanged. No "non-commercial only" caveats. In my view this is extremely generous of CUP, and I am particularly grateful to Conrad Guettler for making it happen. As a thank-you to CUP, perhaps you can all go out and buy a copy! Simon _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell

Simon PJ writes:

the existing notice that says "you can do what you like with this Report" will stay unchanged. No "non-commercial only" caveats.

I remained relatively quiet throughout the discussion, as I have not contributed to the Report, but I'm very much relieved. Scheme, too, has a completely free standards document; we do not want to give up ground to them :) Thank you, Simon.