On Saturday, 26.03.2005 at 09:20 +0000, Lee Braiden wrote: > On Saturday 26 March 2005 07:15, Tony Mobily IMAP wrote: > > The great thing about this magazine is that all of the articles are > > released under a free license six weeks after publication. > > I still say it's immoral to withhold information from some while > giving it to those who can pay. Unless you judge the articles' > information to be worthless, then you are, by definition, creating a > society of haves and have-nots. What's more: withholding that > information might put free software projects/communities at risk, if > it's something to do with the proprietary world's aggressive actions, > for example. Erm, this is a printed publication which, if the poster is to be believed, is not yet breaking even. Just because the subject matter is free software, why should the product be free-of-charge? All books about free software have costs to cover (although admittedly some have free-to-download versions). Consumers are often willing to pay for a nicely bound and printed copy of what is otherwise free ... Taking your argument to its conclusion, "creating a society of haves and have-nots" applies to *anyone* selling a book or magazine about *anything*. I believe that is nonsense. I think you need some perspective on this. Having said all that, whether this publication is worthwhile and of value ... well, people choosing to subscribe (or not) will be the judges of that. Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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