I think the authors are entitled to do whatever they want with the profits. Donating them back to the project is an honourable thing. I have only one question. Can I pay by paypal? If so, how? Cheers, B
Gregory Pittman wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
