I would like to know what the O'Reilly position is on the re-use of code in
your books.
Specifically, I belong to an online community centered around the discussion
of Perl code:  www.perlmonks.com, and wonder if it's acceptable use to quote code from 
your Perl books as an answer to posted questions (assuming proper attribution).
I know that most members of perlmonks already own a majority of the Perl
books you publish (I have 5), so I doubt it would negatively impact sales.

Is this fair use?

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For you, comrade, it's fair use. Perl monks should feel free to use this 
code to answer posted questions.

Frank Willison
Editor-in-Chief
O'Reilly & Associates