Ask HN: Is Paul Graham's “Hackers and Painters” in Public Domain?

4 points by simonguigue 11 years ago | 3 comments

Glose, a recent ebook startup, allows its readers to read for free the entire book. Since I also build an ebook reading app (Addr, check it on the App Store if you will), I wondered whether or not we could implement a copy of Hackers and Painters as a free sort of 'tutorial' book.

mtmail 11 years ago |

Why don't you ask the author? pg@ycomb...com

simonguigue 11 years ago | |

I sure did. I just doubt he'd answer me as soon as the HN community ;)

simonguigue 11 years ago | | |

Alright. After further research, I realized Glose actually does not "sell" the Hackers and Painters book. They "only" give to read a bunch of blog posts pg has written for three or four years. My mistake.