From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 13:50:59 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C8916A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:50:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (bgo1smout1.broadpark.no [217.13.4.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A411043D54 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:50:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.93]) by bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IDU00FPTZJRBW50@bgo1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:45:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from dsa.des.no ([80.203.228.37]) by bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IDU00IA5ZVOARB1@bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:52:36 +0100 (CET) Received: by dsa.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id 3DB0CBDC6E; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:50:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from xps.des.no (xps.des.no [10.0.0.12]) by dsa.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id 8279BBDC5E; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:50:52 +0100 (CET) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 746EB33C1B; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:50:52 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:50:52 +0100 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) In-reply-to: To: klowd9 - Message-id: <86d5tpgnk3.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on dsa.des.no References: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Kernel documentation and specification X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:50:59 -0000 "klowd9 -" writes: > First of all i am dead serious about learning. Apparently not. > Secondly, where i come from, $60 is alot of money. And in the spirit > of open source and free software, charging $60 for a book is > ridiculous. I want to code free software and contribute to the open > source community, must i be prepared to pay inorder to contribute? Yes. > Why > isnt a free copy of this book available online? Because Kirk needs to eat. > The author obviously > put alot of time and effort into making this excellent book, but so do > thousands of other people writing code and papers every day, published > freely on the internet, and they ask for nothing in return, besides > perhaps, some gratitude Kirk has also contributed a lot of code for free. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no