Allen McBride wrote: > I agree with Jurgen; the manual is probably great work, and I hope it > makes money both for the authors and for Scribus. But since this book > is the "official manual," isn't it an integral part of the project? > Can Scribus really be considered FOSS if its official documentation is > closed? If yes, great. If not, it doesn't bother me, and I'm hardly > involved in the project so I'd have little cause to complain if it > did. But I am curious. Just to be clear, I am not making anything at all from this book, donating all I might have made to the Scribus project.
As far as freedom, one is free to make photocopies of the book. What we did not want is someone taking the book or extensive excerpts from it, making their own book and selling it for their profit and nothing in return to the project. I wouldn't consider that an anti-FOSS concept or practice. For some, it isn't enough that the software is freely available and free, they think everything about it should be free. At least some of these see no problem with proprietary software charging for it, and manuals, and support. Greg
