Slashdot Mirror
Man Page Project Can Now Use Official POSIX Docs
Martin_Sturm writes "The IEEE consortium announces in a recent press release that it granted permission to the Linux Man Page Project to incorporate material from the official documentation on the POSIX standard. Obviously this is very good news for the Man Page project which now has access to a huge amount of good documentation. Until recently the project could not use this documentation due to copyright restricions."
Truth is, man pages are almost unreadable, unless you already know the material, they are not designed for the unwashed like you and I. They are meant for the gurus and the Illuminati who already know the material, basically an exercise in masturbation.
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
Oh yes, The License. What about The License? We can't touch ANYTHING that isn't blessed by The License, lest it be a trap set by our enemies to smite us.
Fuck the license! The GPL and the endless whining over license minutae have done more harm to Linux and its public image than Microsoft, SCO, the RIAA, and bad hygiene combined!
Every single FUCKING preemptive license question is a guarantee that even more people are going to explicitly avoid Linux, and free software in general.
"People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die." -- Jim Davidson on alt.folklore.urban