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• Um, no (Score:1)

  by Limbic Region (3985)

  I can get behind the idea of making information free, available, and collaborative. That's why I think wikibooks is such a good idea

  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page [wikibooks.org]

  What I can't get behind is the notion that it is acceptable to illegally share information against the author's and publisher's legal rights. It doesn't matter if you think it is a bad idea for them to close source their work, it is their prerogative and it should be respected - both morally and legally. Trying to make it all right
• Write your own book (Score:2)

  by brian_d_foy (44)

  Without financial compensation, you wouldn't have Learning Perl (5 editions), Learning Perl on Win32, Randal Schwartz's Perls of Wisdom, Intermediate Perl (2 editions), Mastering Perl, or the Learning Perl Student Workbook.. You wouldn't have The Perl Journal, The Perl Review, or $foo without having to pay for them.

  Since you've never written a book, you don't have anything interesting to say about what book authors should do. You've never been a publisher, either, so you don't have anything interesting to s