Re: [HACKERS] book status - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

I will have to agree whole heartily with the sentiments here. This a
work that your are doing and should rightly be appropriately
compensated. All within the PostgreSQL community will benefit.

The community will benefit with increased documentation, increased
exposure and visibility and increasing credibility. Philosophically, I
believe all who use PostgreSQL benefit economically simply by keeping
untold numbers of dollars (or other currency) in their pocket. Like you
I think those who do use PostgreSQL and can contribute should. But it is
nice to know that a quality option is available for those who can't
contribute financially.

I don't think you should feel obligated to contribute any of the
earnings to PostgreSQL. Let your giving be by choice and joy not
obligation due to pressure from any part of the community.

Absolutely no apology required. Your contribution is a blessing to the
community, not a burden. :)

Personally, I am ready to buy. Where can I get my copy. :)

I also hope have more books for PostgreSQL cooking on the back burner.

Jimmie Houchin


Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Yes, I am being payed for the book, at some future date.  I realize
> > other developers are using PostgreSQL in their work or in consulting,
> > but this is a much more public involvement.  All I can say is that I
> > have always been ready to throw money into the PostgreSQL project, and
> > will continue to do so when possible.
> 
> Since you'll be doing the bulk of the work that is specific to the book,
> I can't see any reason to object to you being the one getting paid for
> it.  Many (most?) of us are using Postgres for work purposes, or
> otherwise deriving some kind of personal/corporate/proprietary benefit
> from it.  A book project based on Postgres seems no different to me
> from the money my company hopes to make from running a Postgres-based
> application.  Indeed, this book project is considerably more likely
> to return tangible benefit to the Postgres group (in the form of new
> users/contributors attracted to the project) than most other ways
> people might be using Postgres to make money.
> 
> In short, you needn't offer the slightest apology for collecting the
> book royalties personally.  From what I've heard of the book-writing
> biz, you're unlikely to get rich off it anyway :-(
> 
> Since I didn't see any howls of outrage on the mailing list, I imagine
> everyone else thinks the same anyway, but if you need some reassurance
> these are my two cents.
> 
> > BTW, where do people want the PDF and HTML files?  My idea is to update
> > them every night.
> 
> Stick 'em on the website/ftpsite somewhere under the docs page.  I'd
> probably gripe if I found them getting pulled as part of the regular CVS
> source module --- those updates are slow enough already --- but if you
> want to keep them in CVS I suppose a separate CVS module could be set up.
> 
>                         regards, tom lane
> 
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