> > O'reilly published that book, you can also download in many formats
> > for free. This was what I meant.
> 
> I know, I have this book but it is not free. You and I have to pay the
> publishere a fee and Norman will receive a small portion from every sold
> copy of this book. Sure, the DocBook online manual is Open Source and
> you don't need anything to pay if you wish to read it online. A online
> manual is a completly different thing as a published book.

This is the downloadable book, and it is for free. They say
it is the same content as the book you can buy...
http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/docbook.html

> > Kiskapu (the publisher of the first hungarian PHP book) also
> > published a Linux book, and made the contents available online. :))
> 
> How many dollars or euros do have to pay and is it a translated PHP
> manual or have the author written that book from scratch?

See http://www.php.net/books.php for some info about the hungarian
PHP book. It is a translation of Sams: Teach Yourself PHP4 in 24 Hours.
I don't know how much was payed to whom, it is not my business.

> To make the story short, it isn't allowed to earn money
> with other peoples work.

Right.

Goba

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