Theo, hello. On 2014 Aug 17, at 18:09, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote:
> Noone is going to bother setting up sales for something that can be > trivially reproduced. But that's the odd thing about the Python Reference Manual I linked to [1]. It's identical to the downloadable version of the same document, and either people don't realise this, or else they do but want the paper thing anyway. I've no idea what its sales are, but the existence of reviews on that page indicates that they're non-zero. Of course, the python community is both larger than, and different from, the OpenBSD one, so this is no more than an existence proof. However the same 'they can just download it' argument can also be applied to the distribution CDs, and folk are encouraged to buy them, and do, for various reasons. It's certainly true, though, that there'd be an effort trade-off to calculate. All I'm adding is that if that trade-off _were_ deemed to be worth it, then generating the PDF, and HTML, is trivial. All the best, Norman [1] http://www.amazon.com/Python-Language-Reference-Manual/dp/1906966141/ -- Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK
