Re: New Essay: "Why Closed Books are So 19th Century"
"Amit Aronovitch" <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:39:58 +0300
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Did not read the whole thing, but what are your opinions regarding "temporarily closed" books, like the "World Price" method used by Travis Oliphant for the numpy book? http://www.tramy.us http://www.tramy.us/FAQ.html On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif-ik1l9ssToec+JF/[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all! > > See: > > http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/philosophy/closed-books-are-so-19th-century/ > > for a new essay I've written that tries to convince authors to make everything > they write publically available online (without registration, payment, etc.). > > I mention Perl and Ruby there specifically. > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish >