Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:10:59 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD" Message-ID: <20060224121059.GC1411@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20060224062029.GJ49368@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20060224010027.GF65002@wantadilla.lemis.com> <f2c91f770602232044s41476556ke6678759c6603204@mail.gmail.com> <20060224062029.GJ49368@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On 2006-02-24 16:50, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> wrote: >On Thursday, 23 February 2006 at 23:44:30 -0500, David Stanford wrote: >> On 2/23/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication >>> the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and >>> Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". >>> >>> I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've >>> decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons >>> license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. >> >> Greg, >> >> All I can think to say is thanks! > > You (and everybody else) are welcome. > >> I purchased this book nearly a year ago shortly after I began using >> FreeBSD and it has been an invaluable resource ever since. Now that >> you have made it publicly available, maybe the FreeBSD project could >> find a way to merge some of your book in with their own handbook > > That's happened already, as you can easily see by comparing > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-vinum.html > with chapter 12 of the book. The FreeBSD documentation project know > they can rely on me to contribute documentation where it makes sense. > >> or at least link it on FreeBSD.org for newbies like myself to easily >> find :). > > That's probably a good idea. Can somebody from the doc project > comment? Yes. I would very much like to see this published online at least as part of our "publish.html" page. Greg, if I have your approval, the following patch is the least I can to thank you for all the work you've put into the book all these years, and for releasing it now: %%% Index: publish.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/www/en/publish.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.66 diff -u -r1.66 publish.sgml --- publish.sgml 4 Oct 2005 21:58:59 -0000 1.66 +++ publish.sgml 24 Feb 2006 12:07:48 -0000 @@ -188,13 +188,21 @@ <tr> <td><a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdcomp"><IMG SRC="gifs/bsdcomp-4.2.gif" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="220" alt="book cover"></a></td> <td> - The Complete FreeBSD with CDs, 3rd Ed, FreeBSD 4.2. + <p>The Complete FreeBSD with CDs, 3rd Ed, FreeBSD 4.2. Everything you ever wanted to know about how to get your computer up and running FreeBSD. Includes 4 CDs - containing the FreeBSD operating system! + containing the FreeBSD operating system!</p> - Released: November 2000 ISBN: 1-57176-246-9 - </td> + <p>Released: November 2000 ISBN: 1-57176-246-9</p> + + <p>On 24 February 2006, at the 10th anniversary of the + publication of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and + Using FreeBSD", Greg Lehey has released the full text and + sources of "The Complete FreeBSD" under the Creative Commons + license. The book text & sources are available at:</p> + + <p><a href="http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/">http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/</a></p>; + </td> </tr> <tr> %%%
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