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geezenslaw  
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 More options Aug 15 2010, 10:18 am
From: geezenslaw <geezens...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:18:14 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Aug 15 2010 10:18 am
Subject: Lift book paypal purchase
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Hi, I paid for the lift book yesterday navigating from the Lift ws.
Now, I find the same PDF for free here? Does this justify a WTF or did
I miss something?

 
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TylerWeir  
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 More options Aug 15 2010, 10:20 am
From: TylerWeir <tyler.w...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:20:41 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: Lift book paypal purchase
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The book has been available online since day one.

On Aug 15, 10:18 am, geezenslaw <geezens...@gmail.com> wrote:


 
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Derek Chen-Becker  
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 More options Aug 16 2010, 1:20 pm
From: Derek Chen-Becker <dchenbec...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:20:52 -0600
Local: Mon, Aug 16 2010 1:20 pm
Subject: Re: [TheLiftBook:500] Lift book paypal purchase
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It is not and has never been our intention to dupe people into paying for a
book instead of the free version. The book started (and continues) as an
open-source project. People started asking for a hard-copy version, and we
wanted to help increase Lift's exposure to the tech world, so we partnered
with APress to bring a commercial version out. That version is a modified
snapshot of what we had written at that point in the free version. On the
liftweb.net home page in the Left column we have this text:

New! If you're looking for a deeper dive, have a look at the The Definitive
guide to Lift book <http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430224215> from APress.

The LyX source to the book is available in the Lift Book repository on
GitHub <https://github.com/tjweir/liftbook/tree>, and will continue to be
updated. The mailing list (and some PDF downloads) are available at the Lift
Book Google Group page <http://groups.google.com/group/the-lift-book>.

I think that the pretty clearly describes the relationship between the
commercial and open-source version of the book. I've been updating the free
version to cover Lift 2.0, but it's been a slow process. Having said that,
though, the APress book is still very relevant vis-a-vis the technologies
and techniques we use in Lift.

Derek


 
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Andy Czerwonka  
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 More options Dec 10 2010, 3:45 pm
From: Andy Czerwonka <andy.czerwo...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:45:38 -0800 (PST)
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I bought the book too but it has always been free. Buy books if you
like the convenience of reading them and buy them to support the people
who put in the effort to write them.


 
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Kris Nuttycombe  
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 More options Dec 10 2010, 3:53 pm
From: Kris Nuttycombe <kris.nuttyco...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:53:04 -0700
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Subject: Re: [TheLiftBook:509] Lift book paypal purchase
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Also, I strongly suspect that anyone who thinks that Derek, Marius,
and Tyler have come anywhere close to being compensated for the amount
of time that they've put into the book is on crack. Thanks again to
these guys for putting so much time into such a valuable resource for
the community!

Kris

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