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[Arne Babenhauserheide]

On Monday 24 January 2011 13:33:45 Martin Geisler wrote:
> That is why I talked about making the tiny bit of code that drives the
> whole thing open source -- then you can publish your own guides in the
> same style. We would of course like for them to be hosted at our site so
> that we make it a central resource of guides in this format.

I think you’ll already have that, when your guide gets linked to by the main 
Mercurial site. This will drive up your google ranking, and the need of 
everyone else who uses it to name you as primary author gives you additional 
credit. 

And don’t forget that you can easily use all adaptions other people make. With 
the GPL, the others would have to offer you the sources (since the HTML form is 
a compiled form of the text sources and not just the output of a program). 

When you manage to make yourselves the first point of contact for these guides 
(for example by being linked from the Mercurial site, but also by virtue of 
having the additional credit of being the primary authors) this can get more 
and more people to your site. 

One thing is important, though: When people come to your site and read the 
guide, every single page should have an unobstrusive but clearly visible 
incentive to give you money for personal support. 

For example a footer like “If you prefer to learn Mercurial from the primary 
authors of this guide, or if you want Mercurial training or migration-support 
in your company, please contact…”. 

This says “we are the primary authors” (by copyright law no one else is 
allowed to claim that regardless of the license) and it gives an incentive to 
follow up on the free guide with money. 

Best wishes, 
Arne
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