Is Kazaa distribution part of the answer? (was: Python and p2p)

[victor]

I STILL pirate books! i am a student and ontop of the tuition which does 
not cover the books that i want to read - mayinly programing and 
languages + linux books. On top of the tuition that i have to pay i have 
to pay 400 per semster for *misscalleneous* (bad spelling probably) 
expenses. well i decided to take those *missa something* things into my 
onw hands by printing computer books at the school laser printers. 
surely my 400 will cover a few thousands of sheets of paper.

FTI

- Vic

David LeBlanc wrote:
> Even simpler, why not put copies of free Python eBooks on python.org?
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> David LeBlanc
> Seattle, WA USA
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: python-list-admin at python.org
>>[mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Carlos Ribeiro
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:56
>>To: claird at phaseit.net; Cameron Laird; python-list at python.org; pedro
>>alvarez
>>Subject: Re: Is Kazaa distribution part of the answer? (was: Python and
>>p2p)
>>
>>
>>Cameron,
>>
>>Being from Brazil, I understand Pedro's plight. Now I have most
>>of my books
>>shipped from Amazon, or from 'Submarino', a brazilian e-bookstore
>>that does
>>have a good selection of titles; but it was not always like that.
>>
>>When I was a student - from high school to college - it was not
>>uncommon for
>>we to photocopy chapters, or even entire books, for one (or both) of two
>>reasons: (1) books were, and still are, *way too* expensive in
>>third world
>>countries, and (2) at that time, sometimes you just couldn't find
>>the book to
>>buy, even if you had the money. The 'net almost eliminated the
>>second issue,
>>but there are lots of poor students that can't afford to buy
>>books (specially
>>imported ones, as it's the case most of the time with computer
>>programming).
>>
>>[For you to understand how bad the situation is, it is not
>>uncommon for the
>>teachers themselves to lend a book for photocopying; the ones who
>>should be
>>educating to stop piracy are forced to encourage it.]
>>
>>As for the libraries, there are a few good public libraries, but
>>most of them
>>have problems keeping up-to-date with the latest books; and in
>>some cases,
>>the number of copies available is very small, while in others,
>>people simply
>>disappear with books.
>>
>>All that said, it is pretty much as Pedro Alvarez stated - an
>>unfortunate but
>>realistic fact of life. Now, following for Geoff's suggestion,
>>why not put
>>copies of the 'free' Python books available on a P2P network? It
>>would help
>>to create a bigger 'mindshare' for Python - people would find
>>material using
>>the tool of their choice, and would be able to compare the quality of the
>>material, which is really excellent (as Python itself).
>>
>>
>>Carlos Ribeiro
>>cribeiro at mail.inet.com.br
>>
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>>http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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