Mir math and physics books, please check copyrights

[arkscz]

There's a website uploading books published by Mir, which are loved by many. Here are the links : https://mirtitles.org/category/physics/ https://mirtitles.org/category/mathematics/ I am not sure about copyrights though, I've read somewhere that Mir publishers closed down but I think that doesn't entail the books becoming public domain. If someone could check the copyrights then let him do it please! I think these books would be interesting for this repository.

[eshellman]

Check out the discussion here: https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/issues/2190 bottom line: use archive.org links

[arkscz]

Check out the discussion here: EbookFoundation/free-programming-books#2190 bottom line: use archive.org links

Isn't archive.org quite untrustworthy though? I'm more worried about the moral side of trespassing on copyrights (If you meant using archive.org as a safe haven).

[eshellman]

archive.org has a robust DMCA process; I know the folks who run it and I trust them to be responsive to copyright concerns. Mir books may be a good example of "orphan works"; I don't know the background of the mirtitles.org site.