In article , Davey
wrote:


Don't forget to point us to the magazine with your article in it.

Thereby hangs a tale... :-)

What has appeared on my website was originally aimed at being published in
'Linux Format'. I sent them a copy and their Editor said, yes, they wanted
to publish. We agreed it should be a 4-page 'tutorial' and I planned others
to follow.

I got their contract document from the Publishers. Didn't like the look of
it.

The essence of that was their contract wanted *all* rights on an exclusive
basis. Inc all 'moral' rights, etc. The lot.

I explained to the Editor that I only sell 'first serial' rights and *non*
exclusive republication rights as I wish to be able to re-use parts of
material, or put the articles on the web at a later date. The point being
to ensure that useful data isn't 'lost' to people later in time. (When they
can't get the mag, or the publisher shuts down.)

I've not had any problem with other publishers with this. e.g. Hi Fi News
are happy with it.

But their response was that they insist on taking all rights. Full stop.

I pointed out this seemed particularly weird as an attitude for a *Linux*
magazine! :-) The Editor agreed, but said it wasn't in his hands, and the
publishers insist.

So no publication in Linux Format. Fortunately, I don't write for a living,
so can decide to go without the fees.

However there will be an article in Hi Fi News. Just have to get around to
writing it. :-)

Shame, though, as I'd like to write about this for LXF. May see if they
will publish a brief item pointing at the webpages for details. Might get
though that way...

I had a very quick glance at your webpage, and I noticed all the
vertical bars; whereas my system just has several [00]s, due to a
different internal setup. Hopefully this is covered if I read it in more
depth. I will follow this with interest, thanks.

It depends entirely on the hardware ALSA finds. Some devices have gain or
volume controls. Others don't (and so you rely on software you use to scale
gains or volumes). I get different alsamixer displays on all three of the
Linux machines I use.

Slainte,

Jim

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