Re: electronic copy of "Programming in Lua, Second Edition" textbook on the net

[Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@...>]

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:30, Dimiter "malkia" Stanev <malkia@gmail.com> wrote:
> I actually want to buy the book (electronic PDF copy).
>
> I'm in US - is Feisty Duck the only store that sells it?

I'm surprised that there is no Kindle edition on Amazon.

Alexander.

> On 7/31/11 7:10 PM, Will Metcalf wrote:
>>>
>>> and if there was an electronic version on sale, I would long
>>> have bought it.
>>
>> You can buy an electronic copy of this book.
>>
>> http://store.feistyduck.com/products/programming-in-lua
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Will
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Marc Balmer<marc@msys.ch>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Am 18.07.11 15:04, schrieb Vadim Peretokin:
>>>
>>>> That's rather distasteful.
>>>
>>> This is a sidenote only.
>>>
>>> Since many of you are coming to Switzerland later this year, let me
>>> explain you an interesting facet of Swiss law.  In Switzerland,
>>> downloads are legal.  We can legally download movies, musics, or in this
>>> case books, that someone puts online.  It does not matter if the
>>> publication itself was legal.  The pure act of downloading a copyrighted
>>> work is legal here.
>>>
>>> Of course, publishing of such work is prohibited.  But we are allowed to
>>> shared content of any matter with friends and family.
>>>
>>> What is the conclusion?  I have now legally obtained an electronic copy
>>> of a book I already bought four or five times in print (for myself, my
>>> company, for friends etc.) and I admit that this comes in as a handy
>>> reference for my personal use.  I have no intent to circulate this file,
>>> of course, and if there was an electronic version on sale, I would long
>>> have bought it.
>>>
>>> So, distasteful or not, in some legislations, downloading the file in
>>> question is perfectly legal.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>