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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
