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>Rod has had many of the early suttas that are available in Sanskrit
>transcribed in digital format. These were originally published in
>journals, etc., by Waldschmidt and others, and, despite their great
>importance, are inaccessible to the majority. So we want to make
>these available for everyone on the web. But copyright is obviously
>an issue. The stuff is not, has never been, and will never be of any
>conceivable commercial value. Many of the editors are now dead. It
>may be difficult to contact the journals, some of which may no
>longer exist.

Personally I would not have any scruples about publishing such
material as long as it was distributed for free. I feel that any book
that is out-of-print is open for fair-use copying, regardless of what
copyright law may have to say about it. I realize this may not be
safe enough for a Bhikkhu who wishes to be absolutely scrupulous, but
it's a stand I've taken based on common sense and my idea of what's
right.