is it possible to learn D(2)?

[Caligo]

On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu <
SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 12/19/10 9:57 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>
>> On 12/19/10, lurker<lurk at lurk.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> Does this mean that Facebook is not paying you that well, after all? I
>>> could
>>>
>>> donate like $82 to you to give away three more books. No need to mention
>>> my
>>> name, after all I'm just helping the poor.
>>>
>>>
>> I'm pretty sure it means he got a couple of free books from the
>> publisher to give away for free. ;)
>>
>
> The main issue is perceived value. Books are not T-shirts as significant
> time would have to be spent on reading them. Say I had 40 people in the
> audience and 40 books. Then it would have been like passing around marketing
> samples of no perceived value.
>
>
> Andrei
>

That's almost like saying all documentations, books, and reference materials
licensed under GNU FDL are worthless because you don't have to pay for
them.  There are actually people who think that about FOSS; "eh, if it was
worth anything they wouldn't let you download the source code for free."

I actually think your book would have been worth more if you had released it
under GNU FDL or a similar license.
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