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Date:      Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:50:29 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        David Stanford <dthomas53@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
Message-ID:  <20060224062029.GJ49368@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <f2c91f770602232044s41476556ke6678759c6603204@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20060224010027.GF65002@wantadilla.lemis.com> <f2c91f770602232044s41476556ke6678759c6603204@mail.gmail.com>

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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?

Greg
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