thought I might add my two cents to the present discussion about collecting money and other attached issues.
I personally feel, that getting involved with money is not a good one. It creates problems even among known friends. And, here we are, people who have not even seen eachother. It is not that I dont trust you guys or value you less or anything like that. But, after a period of time, MONEY does create problems.
I think, we can get involved in activities needing Vitamin M later. But not at this point of time. We already have a lot to do. Why, dont we concentrate on those.
Some members of the group could visit Vellore and get in touch with the historians and offer to bring their works online. But, you have to be sure that their works are validated ones. We dont want to get involved with people who comeup with unsubstanciated claims.
I for one, would say, Lets followup on bringing old historical books online along with research papers.
BTW, What is the copy right law in India? I remember reading somewhere that Literary works are copyrighted for a period of 75 years. What happens after that. Can the authors or publishers renew the copyrights or does it lapse?
If it's lapsed, then why dont we try to bring them online.
We, could get involved with the Sudharsanam project too - for which Dr.Swaminathan has already asked our help.
Hope, I have not hurt anyone by saying that I am reluctant to bring money into the equation.