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What a shitty argument. On the contrary, the fact that somebody writes a non-free book about a piece of software that comes with a free manual with the expectat
by _ak 12y ago
What a shitty argument. On the contrary, the fact that somebody writes a non-free book about a piece of software that comes with a free manual with the expectation that he can actually compete with the free manual tells you much about the quality of the free manual. Everything else is just normal, healthy competition in a free market.
- teddyh 12y agoYou seem to pre-suppose that all-rights-reserverd copyright on a manual for a free software program is OK. I do not agree, mainly for the reasons outlined here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html
- _ak 12y agoNo, I don't. I merely think that having a free manual and a non-free alternative to it is perfectly fine, because the user will decide which one they pick. No need to force any kind of specific ideology upon anyone.