[34S v3.3, 31S v1.2] Manuals

[anetzer]

(07-02-2014 10:03 PM)walter b Wrote:  IF it's safe.

As far as I can see, there was one incident so far with the PDF version. No risk that could not also have come up with a scanned Print. Copyright is not as murky as it seems. If stated clearly enough (which you always did, in my eyes), it protects a pdf in very much the same way, as it protects a printed work.

I see several big advantages of pdf files and if I put the number of obviously existing 34S's in relation to the number of 3.3 manuals sold, there is a huge disproportion.

For an open project an open documentation is tantamount in my eyes and I would be very unhappy indeed, if documentation where not available in electronic form and at adequate cost (if not free) any more.

Given the fact that no amount of manuals sold will ever bring the project to a financial break-even, I would kindly ask you to reconsider the distribution options.

I want to repeat once again that an electronically searchable manual (it could also be online, but that has its own disadvantages...) should be available and I would be willing to pay for access.

For the 43S you might plan two options: hardware plus manual on CD and hardware plus spiral bound. That would be a very transparent approach.