To be perfectly honest we did no want to publish an html manual at all but once we determined how large it would be converted we had no choice.
The pdf is different in that it is an easily transportable and printable format where html is not. In either case we are opposed to posting of this manual (html ot pdf) anywhere.
However if you personally want to make a pdf from the html for your use, more power to you and I would encourage that, just don't post it to another site.
In either case the decision isn't up to me but due to the current state of affairs I support this decision. We are taking steps to ensure that such things don't happen again (ie a manual not being thoroughly checked until far too late in the QA process).
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Sarge is coming...
Richard Arnesen
Director of Covert Ops
Shrapnel Games
http://www.shrapnelgames.com