Re: Want to review a book about GNOME 3?

[Sindhu S <sindhus live in>]

I mean no harm to anybody :)

I have liked the book and bought the kindle version of it. However my
stand on that the author should decide a common ground that satisfies
both the free software advocacy and the profit from writing, still
stands.

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Lefty <lefty shugendo org> wrote:
> On Mar 8, 2013, at 3:20 AM, Sindhu S wrote:
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> My two cents is that going by the rule of free works and their derivatives must also be free, the author 
> should consider releasing the book (TXT or PDF format) under a copyleft license and to be fair to the 
> effort the author has put in, he should charge a fee for the kindle/e-book hardcopy/printed/paper edition.
>
>
> And that's "fair", eh?
>
> Advocating this approach sounds like a good way to ensure that no one who actually writes for a living, as 
> opposed to doing it as some sort of hobby or therapy or something, ever writes a book having anything to do 
> with "free" software...