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It always puts a bad taste in my mouth when information/knowledge is locked behind a pay-wall. It frustrates me when I think that someone somewhere is getting t
by gits1225 14y ago
It always puts a bad taste in my mouth when information/knowledge is locked behind a pay-wall. It frustrates me when I think that someone somewhere is getting turned down from what they want to learn from because they had no money to pay for it or doesn't have the means to pay for it. I know the authors should profit but why can't they do something like https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ or http://debian-handbook.info/ http://debian-handbook.info/ or http://www.aosabook.org/en/index.html http://www.aosabook.org/en/index.html or http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/ http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/ or http://learncodethehardway.org/ http://learncodethehardway.org/ or http://10print.org/ http://10print.org/ etc etc etc... Aren't the authors of these books making money? Or is it the fear that people just won't pay for it if its also free to download even if they can?
EDIT: I didn't 'click-through' to the book's original site because there was no mention that the book is also available to those who can't afford on this announcing page. My mistake.
Another great resource: http://gettingstartedwithdjango.com/ http://gettingstartedwithdjango.com/ and videos here: http://gettingstartedwithdjango.com/pages/gigantuan/ http://gettingstartedwithdjango.com/pages/gigantuan/
- numbsafari 14y agoIf you want the world to have a free book about Django, feel free to write one and make it public.
- daniloassis 14y agoyou just forgot to read the part that says: Can't Afford the Book? If you're struggling with finances and can't afford it, let us know and we'd be happy to send you a free copy. Drop us a note at 2scoops@cartwheelweb.com.
- pydanny 14y agoDisclaimer: I'm one of the authors. First, if you can't afford to buy the book, then do as we asked on http://django.2scoops.org http://django.2scoops.org. Email us and we'll send you a copy. Money should never be in the way of education. Second, this book took hundreds of hours to write. For weeks we've put in 12-14+ hour days putting it together. We did it instead of working in an office or doing consulting. If we don't charge then we can't put this sort of thing together and maintain it. Unless, of course, you want to sponsor us to do this sort of work. ;-)
- vertis 14y agoIf you look further down the page it says that they are happy to send free copies to people that can't afford it. Which shows you didn't even bother to read their website before complaining. Tell me. Do you donate all your time to sharing knowledge for free, or do you work a nine to five job like most people? Have you written a book yourself that you subsequently released for free, or you just trying to dictate what other people should do with their hard work? Clarification: The info about getting free copies is on http://django.2scoops.org/ http://django.2scoops.org/ rather than the blog post