I think this is a bad idea, especially if the document is something you will *need* to use log4j successfully. You may as well charge for log4j.
I can understand that "...writing good documentation is very time consuming...", but so is writing good software (log4j itself). There are many people that have contributed to log4j because it is open source. I feel that those people might be a bit upset by charging for the documentation for something they had helped to write. Mark Douglas. -----Original Message----- From: Ceki Gülcü [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 January 2002 19:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [POLL] Commercial documentation Hi All, I am pondering whether it is possible to earn revenue by offering log4j documentation online, a bit like what JBoss is trying to do. Needless to say, the log4j API (the software) will always be licensed under the Apache Software license and would include some basic documentation. However, writing good documentation is very time consuming and I'd like to see if I can get paid to do it. This documentation will be based on the long log4j manual which was until recently part of log4j 1.2 alpha3, alpha4 and alpha5. However, the latest alpha6 does not include it. This document carried a clearly visible copyright notice. It was always copyrighted by me and not the ASF. Do you think this is an honorable approach? Your comments on the subject are welcome. Thank you. -- Ceki Gülcü - http://qos.ch -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
