On Tue, 31 May 2011, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
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Just some of the eBook advantages:
[...]
The main argument contra - as I recall it - was that PDFs can be illegally
copied, and this was used to wipe away all the possible advantages.
That's true only for people that make their living from writing and selling
books. When a program/project is available for free, why shouldn't the
documentation come for free as well? There is no real need that the book
writers should earn money, while the coders should not.
Publishing a book costs money. Be it in PDF or printed.
The editor makes his/her living from publishing books. It is her initiative
to publish this. The book is not the documentation of Lazarus.
As an analogy:
PHP is free. The documentation of PHP is free.
But there exist many books about PHP. You must pay for these books.
Michael.
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