[scribus] ANNOUNCEMENT: Scribus - The Official Manual is now available for sale!

[Mr. Beast]

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
>
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