Re:American Institute of Mathematics: Approved Open Textbooks
by __rito__ on Saturday August 03, 2024 @02:05AM
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Yes, I got that. My question was- what prevents you from simply uploading a PDF of the book to GitHub, GitLab, etc.?
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Re:American Institute of Mathematics: Approved Open Textbooks
by jimhefferon on Saturday August 03, 2024 @09:08AM
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I used to use Sourceforge. They became unacceptable. I switched to Google code. They turned off, as I understand it because people were uploading pdf's (pitated ones, but big tech seems not to want to make a distinction like that). Then I used GitHub and in the run up to getting bought they made some changes that I thought looked ominous. So I am now at GitLab. Can you blame me for wondering if it is too much to hope that a site will freely host me for, say, a decade even if I go away?
By the way, I put a stable version of my latest on GitLab.