He most certainly did:
In response to: "Perhaps you'll consider releasing it under creative commons 2.0 at some point :)."
He said: "I don't own the rights—the publisher does—but if you're extremely online, you can find a copy in the usual places."
In response to: "Perhaps you'll consider releasing it under creative commons 2.0 at some point :)."
He said: "I don't own the rights—the publisher does—but if you're extremely online, you can find a copy in the usual places."
In other words: He doesn’t own the rights, so he can’t tell you what you can do with it; Only the publisher can.