Smoker root wrote:Wow I would defenetly want to read yours, thanks a lot SWIM is really thankfull of you annd says he will share it on this page
How much of your novel do you plan to share? If you plan to make it completely free, a kind of "public domain", then you don't need to hassle with lawyers and just share it on, say, BitTorrent network, or upload here.
I think the problem comes when you want to sell it.
I love sharing information and believe knowledge should be free, but my work is not a new knowledge, rather a well formatted and illustrated, entertaining "cookbook". It already took so much effort and pulled hair to compile everything I hesitate to share it for free. I will probably share portions electronically (HTML) - probably containing just extractions - and officially publish a printed version (paperback) - containing the syntheses as well.