Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 11:14:30 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: root@isis.dynip.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Complete FreeBSD (online), wanted ! Message-ID: <19990128111430.A4819@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199901272140.AAA51089@isis.dynip.com>; from root@isis.dynip.com on Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 12:40:27AM %2B0300 References: <199901272140.AAA51089@isis.dynip.com>
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On Thursday, 28 January 1999 at 0:40:27 +0300, root@isis.dynip.com wrote: > Hi there gang, > I asked Greg Lehy some week or so ago where to find the online version > of The Complete FreeBSD, and did not get an answer until now. I sent you at least two replies: On Sunday, 17 January 1999 at 9:57:01 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Saturday, 16 January 1999 at 16:09:59 +0300, root@isis.dynip.com wrote: >> On 15 Jan, Greg Lehey wrote: >>> >>> Errata and addenda for the Complete FreeBSD, second edition > > [21 pages of irrelevant material deleted] > > Congratulations. I've never seen a message with a lower signal to > noise ratio. Have you heard of editing out stuff which isn't > important? > >> HI there, >> I am looking for an online form of this book >> text, ps, html, anything >> I greatly appreciate your help > > One is included with the Walnut Creek FreeBSD CD-ROM set. To this, you replied: On Sunday, 17 January 1999 at 2:49:32 +0300, root@isis.dynip.com wrote: >> One is included with the Walnut Creek FreeBSD CD-ROM set. > > I am sorry I don't have the CD, I am out of North Am. > and living in a corner of the world that is still dealing with > cash, don't even have a credit card to order the CD. I'm sorry about your cash situation, but that doesn't affect the copyright situation. Later, you posted to this list asking the same question. I replied again: On Tuesday, 19 January 1999 at 11:51:30 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 18 January 1999 at 20:47:48 +0300, Joss Roots wrote: >> Hi there, >> I need an electronic form of the book and can't get my hands on one >> if you know any URL, I will be very happy. >> >> text, ps, html, anything is acceptable. >> >> I know it is on the CDROM from Walnut but I don't have that CD. > > I've already told you the way it is. This book is copyrighted; you > can't distribute it freely. And that's the way it is. Most things in FreeBSD are free; this isn't one of them. If you want free documentation, use the online handbook. Under these circumstances, I find it objectionable that you should claim not to have had any reply from me. > Any hope that I can get my hands on this beast, any help is highly > appreciated. Yes. Order it from Walnut Creek. > By the way how is 4.0-current doing, should I make world now or wait > until some port-breaking things are fixed. I'd suggest you wait for 4.0-RELEASE. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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