First of all this question pops up almost weekly and I have responded
many times. Anyway, I am going to respond once more, but please first
ask yourself:
How do you earn your leaving? Why don't you work for free?
I do not make money from the book (just enough to pay for web2py
expenses, like the web2py pycon hats) but I make money as a professor
(in order to pay my mortgage and feed my family). In my job I get
evaluated yearly for my publications not for the open source code I
write. The printed book counts as a publication and partially accounts
for the time I spend on web2py. Moreover a printed book gives web2py
a certain weight among professionals (who understands that not
everything comes for free). Finally, you should know, that I have
contacted many publishers and I have been unable to find a publisher
that would allow me to publish the book and also allow me to release
it for free. This is not a book written by the community and there are
books on Django, Rails, TG, etc, that do not have a free online
version. The creators of Django make money from software development
and consulting. For them the book is publicity.
I find very odd that you ask me to justify why not everything I do is
free. I guess I could change the business model, give the book for
free, quit my job and charge you to answer your questions about
web2py.
Massimo
On Apr 5, 6:54 pm, Baron <richar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Massimo you should place some really deep and exact explanation about
>
> the book status and reasons why it is not free to the website..:)
>
> agreed - why does Massimo never weigh in on these threads?
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