You would need to talk to Devzuz and/or Sonatype about that. Those companies created the books and therefore control access to them.
Collecting people's information through registration is one of the ways they find new potential customers. I don't think the registration requirement is all that onerous. If you feel so strongly about this, feel free to spend literally months creating a similar product and license it such that it can be made available free on the Maven website. Wayne On 9/26/07, Rodrigo Madera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I totally agree with you. > > Make the Better Builds book available directly through the Maven site > WITHOUT registration. > > That would make a big difference. > > Yours, > Rodrigo > > On 9/26/07, Richard Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It seems very odd to me that the Maven book *isn't* on the maven site: > > the place I would go to look for documentation. Why put another hurdle > > of going elsewhere and registering? I registered had to wait a few hours > > to get the email, it seemed a bit ridiculous. I agree that it isn't > > going to make everything better but surely it will help new people like > > me! > > > > Richard > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 26 September 2007 16:05 > > To: Maven Users List > > Subject: Re: Why Maven is Hard? > > > > On 9/26/07, Rodrigo Madera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > As I recommended earlier, I think we should copy and paste the Better > > Builds > > > with Maven book into the official Maven documentation. > > > > > > Why not? > > > > The book is already free. (Yes, you have to register.) There's > > another very good book at http://www.sonatype.com/book/ . > > > > Copying and pasting that content would not solve the problem that the > > Maven site is considered difficult to navigate. And that despite all > > the improvements in plugin docs, people still find then inadequate. > > (There *is* a doc standard that they have to pass prior to being > > promoted from the sandbox and released. Does it need to be changed?) > > > > -- > > Wendy > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
