What is a free book worth?

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Submission + - What is a free book worth? (raphaelhertzog.com) 2

Submitted by migla on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @03:50PM

migla writes: Debian developer and author of Cahier de l’Admin Debian — "The Debian Administrator's Handbook" in French, announced campaigns for crowd-funding the translation and liberation of the book. The translation is estimated to require six person-months, for which € 15K (about $20K) of donations are being solicited. The price-tag for the immaterial property of the publisher is set to € 25K (approaching $35K). Is it worth it?

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