Just to put it into context. I am paid extra by DePaul if I teach in summer. The summer I wrote the book I did not teach. It will take about two years of book sales to recover that loss. This is not a complain. I am happy this way.
Moreover it is not my policy to sell other people work unless it is agreed upon in advance. 7 people have helped with reviews of the book but that is another story and their work is acknowledged. Anything you contribute to stays free. This is why web2py is GPL and not BSD. I will setup the wiki later today or tomorrow. Massimo On Dec 11, 12:26 pm, Christophe Gragnic <[email protected]> wrote: > --- En date de : Jeu 11.12.08, mdipierro <[email protected]> a écrit : > Just a clarification. I did not write the book to make money. > > I guessed that, a coder like you has other means to earn money! > And building an open source framework is not one of these. > The book is necessary to give weight to the project. > The book is also important because I need to justify the time I spend > in web2py. In fact, I am employed by an academic institution and they > only recognize books and papers as academic work. The book does not > pay me but buys me the time to continue work on web2py. > Ok, understood. > At first I didn't say clearly what I meant because I didn't want > to seem rude or to be misunderstood. As I said, I know that if you > want to make money, you won't choose to write books, but knew that > you needed a paper book in some way. > > Thanks for this clarification. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
