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You probably won't like what I have to say, but here goes:

When you do a job like scanning, cleaning up, and OCR'ing
the text, of someone else's manual (tektronix, hp, ...),
and then put it out on the internet for others to freely
use, you really have to accept that others are going to use
it. Sometimes, not in ways that make you smile.

You get a copyright on original work you do, automatically;
but, it is long settled law that "sweat of the brow" does
not count as original work. "Sweat of the brow" is all
that mechanical stuff you do to make a document pretty,
OCR, and scanning... Since it is not original work, the
government is not willing to give you a limited term
monopoly on its use. A copyright is, in its simplest terms,
a government enforced, and sanctioned monopoly.

You always have exclusive rights to your work, you have the
right to keep it to yourself, and not give it away to
strangers.

Also, it might surprise you that in the days of Kinko's,
and other self serve print shops, some people still can't,
or won't print and bind pdf files themselves... and yet,
the are willing to pay for a printed and bound "free"
manual, delivered to their door. Imagine.

It is a natural function of your brain to get pissed when
people trespass on your volunteer work. The only thing you
can do about it is to stop volunteering to do such work.

And, then we all lose.

-Chuck Harris

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