I think a similar model is perhaps how Qt (the toolkit) does it. The references and basic tutorials are free, and of top notch quality. However, as the toolkit is quite complex, there are several volumes that delve on Qt and how you use it as a whole, how components interact and, in general, what good practices and the 'Qt way' are.
http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/ and the myriad of Qt books: http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1237910608/ref=a9_sc_1?ie=UTF8&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=qt4 So free docs, free software and copyrighted books can coexist in the same software ecosystem. On Mar 24, 3:03 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > I have the copyright on the book but I also have an understanding that > I would not give it away for free or it will go out of print. Creators > of other framework make their living by consulting. I make my living > in the academic. A published book is necessary to justify the time I > spent/spend on web2py. I do not make much money from it so that is not > an issue. > > There has also been a lot of talk about the wiki, etc. I welcome this > and I welcome more community effort nevertheless, different people > want different things. If it takes more time for me to set-up and > maintain things, I could as well spend the time improving the book. > > I think one thing is the book (and I care about that for my > profession) and one think is the wiki (necessary to describe new > features and community involvement). I do not think they should be > merged. This is not final and I will give the issue some more thought. > > Massimo > > On Mar 23, 5:55 am, Baron <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I would stay away from this kind of posting. At worst, you are presuming > > > a > > > legal position on how to take copyrighted material without consequences. > > > Perhaps Massimo could step in to clarify his position to prevent > > speculation. So far I've read that he needs to publish for the > > university, but it is possible to publish and give away > > simultaneously, as the Django Book shows. > > > Clearly a lot of time was spent on the manual so it is understandable > > for a person to want to maintain ownership. However Massimo also spent > > a lot of time on web2py but still gave it away. > > > The wiki right now is still pretty empty and doesn't look like > > approaching the coverage of the manual for a long time. So, would it > > be possible to kick start the documentation effort by allowing the > > copying of text sections from the manual? > > > Baron --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
