Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died
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Re: Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died
#2Thank you to Mr Greg Newby for this project. RIP
Re: Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died
#3Thank you to Mr Greg Newby for this project. RIP
Newby did an enormous amount to help Project Gutenberg, but he was not its CEO or founder. Probably if you want to thank one person for the project it should be Michael Hart (PBUH). As WP explains:
> Newby got involved with Project Gutenberg in 1991 or 1992, became friends with founder Michael S. Hart, and was "undoubtedly the most consequential volunteer", according to a scholar writing about the history of the project.[10][21] In 2000 or 2001, Newby formed the associated nonprofit organization, the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, and became its director and CEO.[10][22][2] He also worked to integrate Distributed Proofreaders into the project.[21] He was a founding trustee of the Distributed Proofreaders Foundation at its formation in July 2006.[23][24] He led improvements to the technology platform underlying Project Gutenberg[25] and navigated challenges related to the copyright status of books in different countries.[26]
Re: Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died
#4RIP. Project Gutenberg and IMSLP are two of my favourite websites. Every January, when new works enter the public domain, I go and download a bunch of books and sheet music. HN readers, let's not forget to donate to these websites that keep the Internet worth surfing.
Re: Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died
#5Thank you to Mr Greg Newby for this project. RIP
Newby did an enormous amount to help Project Gutenberg, but he was not its CEO or founder. Probably if you want to thank one person for the project it should be Michael Hart (PBUH). As WP explains: > Newby got involved with Project Gutenberg in 1991 or 1992, became friends with founder Michael S. Hart, and was "undoubtedly the most consequential volunteer", according to a scholar writing about the history of the proj…
Your citation appears to directly contradict your argument. How did this happen?
Re: Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died
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Re: Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died
#8Thank you to Mr Greg Newby for this project. RIP
Newby did an enormous amount to help Project Gutenberg, but he was not its CEO or founder. Probably if you want to thank one person for the project it should be Michael Hart (PBUH). As WP explains: > Newby got involved with Project Gutenberg in 1991 or 1992, became friends with founder Michael S. Hart, and was "undoubtedly the most consequential volunteer", according to a scholar writing about the history of the proj…
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Re: Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Newby did an enormous amount to help Project Gutenberg, but he was not its CEO or founder. Probably if you want to thank one person for the project it should be Michael Hart (PBUH). As WP explains: > Newby got involved with Project Gutenberg in 1991 or 1992, became friends with founder Michael S. Hart, and was "undoubtedly the most consequential volunteer", according to a scholar writing about the history of the proj…
Your citation appears to directly contradict your argument. How did this happen?
Sad that my first thought was "AI".
Re: Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Newby did an enormous amount to help Project Gutenberg, but he was not its CEO or founder. Probably if you want to thank one person for the project it should be Michael Hart (PBUH). As WP explains: > Newby got involved with Project Gutenberg in 1991 or 1992, became friends with founder Michael S. Hart, and was "undoubtedly the most consequential volunteer", according to a scholar writing about the history of the proj…
Your citation appears to directly contradict your argument. How did this happen?
My citation explains that Michael Hart was the founder of PG, and the foundation that Newby headed didn't even exist until 02000. Newby would never in his life have wanted people to think that he had founded PG!
I've edited my comment above to make it clearer what its central argument is, since you seem to have misunderstood either the argument or the quote.