SARCASM

Books are unethical because books can be replicated at no cost with a photocopier. Tiny amounts of ink costs are similar to tiny amounts of time it takes to maintain source code and tiny electricity costs for running computers to maintain source code.

A book replicating machine has been made already.. the photocopier. And no one is doing anything about book freedom, because selling a book is magically different than selling software code. Software code contains personal source comments and personal tips in it and personal algorithms.. just as books contain personal tips. ORielly books contain source snippets in them too.

O'Rielly or O'Reilly (however the eff they spell his name) is a fraud.

Charge For Books! Charge For Source!

Many GNU folks charge money for books.. but demand all source be given away free of charge and speech.

Books are harmful because they can be photocopied and we are not allowed to resell them without complicated permission first.

The photocopier is the machine that makes copying books virtually free.. similar to CD-ROM drives.

Eggs are harmful because they do not come with reproductive chickens.

The chicken is the machine that makes copying eggs virtually free.. similar to CD-ROM drives.

Yet there is no free book license or free egg license, because personal source comments in code are different than personal comments and algorithms on paper in O'Reilly books.

Reality Check

Source comments, inside code.. ARE a book. My code always contains plenty of personal comments around my algorithms explaining why I came up with that algorithm and how the person can use the algorithm. Therefore since source code and source comments are just like a book, especially just like an O'Rielly book where I explain my algorithms.... BOOKS ARE THE SAME AS SOURCE CODE.

If you are wearing GNU sun glasses, please remove them before reading this article as the point will only be visible if you are not blind.

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