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<p align="center"><font size="+2" face="Times New Roman"><b>PREFACE</b></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>I'm going to start</b> by telling
you what it cost me to create this book: lots. Lots of time, and in actuality,
lots of money. I'm not complaining. I've had plenty of both. A large part
of the book was written during a phase of my studies at a vocational college.
It's therefore more or less financed by the public means in the form of
student financial aid that I received at the time. In a way, you could
propose that due to this fact the book belongs to society. The question
is whether society wants to have it.</font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">When you publish a book in a conventional
manner, i. e. through a publisher, there is always some kind of quality
control. People with many years of experience in the field read the material
and ascertain that the content is both well formulated and well motivated.
The problem is that they also make sure that the content is, as we say,
"politically correct", i. e. that no one will take inordinate
offense at it. If a publisher releases obviously inappropriate books,
it will suffer from badwill. This is why obviously well-written and even
more obviously <i>portentous</i> books such as <i>Mein Kampf</i> are printed
and distributed by smaller publishers that don't have to worry so much
about their reputation.</font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I don't know if any publisher wants
to release this book in print, but I leave this as a possibility. If I
haven't received an offer within a year or so, I'll release this book
under public domain, which means that it will always be free of copyright.
Until then, the following applies to this material:</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> 1: It will be absolutely free
in electronic form. It may be copied and distributed through media such
as diskettes, CD-ROMs, through BBSs and the Internet, and through public
and private organizations without any prior permission from me. I would,
however, be <i>grateful</i> for receiving a reference copy in case the
book would be mass distributed. <b>These terms will not be altered if
a publisher prints the book.</b> I do not intend to commit to a contract
with anyone who wants the electronic rights to its content.<br>
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2. At the moment it is <b>not</b> permissible to mass-distribute the
book in printed form without my prior permission. If you want to print
a large run of this book I'm sure I wont have a problem with it, but
I'm afraid I need to retain control over this process.</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Now that you've read this far,
you probably realize that I give you free reign in general terms. The
distribution of this book is your responsibility too, and the sound of
its message is already ringing in your ear. Put it on disks and give it
to your friends. Put it on CDs and distribute it with magazines. Print
it out on paper if you want to.</font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">With the exception of electronic
and personal use, this work is currently (and ironically) copyright-protected.
In an earlier version of this preface I came down on the entire capitalist
system, and elaborated on how much I hated attempts to treat information
as property. I've now settled down a little and realized that if my thoughts
are going to have a chance to reach ordinary people through an established
publisher, I must be able to give that publisher some competitive advantages.<sup><a href="#FTNT1">(1)</a></sup>
I'm not a utopianist; therefore, I have to make compromises. (And I'll
be damned if I'll lose any sleep over it…)</font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Finally, I will issue the warning
that my own values and opinions heavily influence this book. I'm a declared
individualist, and I don't mind being called a socialist. At the intersection
of these two values there is a little-known ideology called syndicalism
or Kropotkin anarchism. Basically, I consider all private property to
be equivalent to theft<sup><a href="#FTNT2">(2)</a></sup>, but I'm not
so bloody stupid that I don't realize that a society without private property
is a utopia. My opinions on freedom of speech and of the press are similar
to those of the most liberal organizations in Sweden. I have nothing against
small and medium-sized companies, but to me, enormous intercontinental
corporations are more dangerous factions of power than democratic governments,
and as such, corporations must be subject to the same oversight as that
for governmental organizations.</font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I'm now going to tell you about
the culture that made me what I am.</font> </p>
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<font color="#666666"><a name="FTNT1"></a> 1. I have now realized that compromises
are worthless in this context.<br>
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<a name="FTNT2"></a> 2. Private material property is theft. "Intellectual
property" is even worse, possibly armed robbery. Censorship is rape.</font></td>
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