[FM Discuss] the muddle the model

[John Curwood]

I have to agree with Joshua on this, I have had visions of doing such
things and of setting up training courses based on and using FM
materials.  However there aren't too many conferences in NZ and at the
present the money issues is a bit of a stopper as well.

Interestingly I've seen a couple of websites that follow a similar model
with FLOSS software, repackaging and selling CD's containing the
software.  Which isn't interesting in itself, but what is interesting is
the amount of bad press and complaints they get.  The general perception
people seem to have is that because it is FLOSS software these companies
are sort of breaking a law by putting a price tag on it.  I think in
general people still don't get the philosophy behind "free" software.
Still it gives me something to stand up on my soap box and rant about at
parties. ;-)

Cheers,

John Curwood


On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 11:07 -0500, Joshua Facemyer wrote: 
> adam hyde wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 18:25 -0600, 0v . wrote:
> >   
> >> is part of the CC-BY-SA license,  so,, We're all able to do that
> >>     
> >
> > most books in FM are GPL, which also means that this model has always
> > been possible. however no one has done it. I have been hoping someone
> > would but no one has...we even built the tool set to make it easy
> > (objavi)...I'm quite surprised that no one has done it this but on
> > reflection i think there is the perception that these books 'belong' to
> > FM 'the publisher'
> 
> Quite to the contrary (for myself), I'd love to get out there and do 
> just that - I just don't have much opportunity (mostly because I'm not 
> able to go to the software/dev conferences like I'd like to).  Of 
> course, there's always the money issue...
> 
> JF
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