[Catalyst] catalyst book

[Stefan Petrea]

On Friday 01 February 2008 16:20, Jonathan Rockway wrote:

some people have done similar things.
maybe take a look here http://www.greenteapress.com/
they've written free books under GNU license and they charge
only for printed copies just as you say.

> * On Fri, Feb 01 2008, Matt Rosin wrote:
> > Possibly companies that wish to give back to open source could
> > contribute to a professional documentation fund. In this case digital
> > publication will enable the money to be used most efficiently.
> 
> Yes, this is a good idea.  We were talking about this on #moose
> yesterday and the idea of having TPF fund book writing via grants might
> be a good way to get docs.  The author gets $2000 for writing a
> half-length book (say, 150 pages), the community gets a freely-licensed
> book to do whatever they want with.  If you want a printed copy, you can
> donate money (say, $10) back to TPF.
> 
> I will probably look into this more seriously in the near future.  Right
> now this is pure fantasy :)
> 
> Regards,
> Jonathan Rockway
> 
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