Re: Documentation behind a login

Subject: Re: Documentation behind a login
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:01:46 -0800

Putting open-source documentation behind a login would seem likely to
confuse customers, who expect open documentation. Getting people to
pay for documentation seems like an even worse business model than
trying to get them to pay for support.

The stuff I've been working on in recent years has all been heavily
protected, valuable intellectual property, rather the opposite of
open-source.

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Helen Mullally
<helen -dot- mullally -at- alfresco -dot- com> wrote:
> ... I work in an open source company, so we have never restricted the distribution of the documentation. ...
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References:
Documentation behind a login: From: Helen Mullally
Re: Documentation behind a login: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: Documentation behind a login: From: Helen Mullally

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