The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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CopyLeftRightThataWayDecember 27, 2008 - 11:10am
Okay, let’s follow this. Standard copyright says, “don’t copy this.” The CC license chosen says, “you may copy all or part of this for non-commercial use.” Then the addendum says, “you may not copy all or part of this, even for non-commercial use.” So why did you include the CC license if you were just going to nullify it one sentence later? Idiots. Still, a free 1,600-page physics book is a free 1,600 page physics book. Grab one. “I look at the New Theology, however, and find that it is an old Theology, that it is even more than that – that it is something older and duller than Theology itself; that it is the dim and vague cosmogony which men required before they were intellectual enough to require Theology.” — “Creed and Deed,” The Illustrated London News, 2 February 1907 – G. K. Chesterton  |
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The answer is in the sentence that follows your quotation: “On the other hand, this physics ebook in pdf format is free for everybody to store, read or print for personal use, and to distribute electronically, but only in unmodified form and at no charge.” Reading helps much.
It seems you owe the author 500 Euro/Dollars. That is the usual fine for calling somebody “idiot”.
I included the entirety of the text at the time I made the comment. If that’s there now then he’s clearly realized the error of his ways and rectified the situation.
Idiot.