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Free Book on FreeBSD System Programming

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new book on BSD system programming has been released. And, in the spirit of open source, the book was released using the GNU Free Documentation License. Anyone interested in system programming on the BSD's can use this."

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  1. The irony by darkjedi521 · · Score: 0, Troll

    A book on BSD systems programming - released under the GPL!

  2. When will publishers stop doing this... by TheTitan · · Score: 1, Troll

    Whoever is publishing this book is going to take a bath on the project. I wish whoever did this wouldn't have been so stupid. And to whoever wrote this book, why did you push for a GFDL'ed online book? Stupid, stupid, stupid. Go ask Pearson publishing about this, they and many other publishers have first hand accounts of the failings of the GFDL. Unfortunately, this publisher will probably not write another book about BSD, even though it's the GFDL that is to blame. If Pearson Publishing Group (they own Addison Weseley, Sam, etc.) has a lesson to teach other publishers, it would be that GFDL is the problem, not the content. Hopefully this publisher is all the wiser. Stupid, stupid, stupid. On the bright side, at least this will go down as another failure for GNU and its licenses.... which isn't a bad thing. Hopefully more people will wake up to reality and stop being braindead. *sigh* One can hope. Death to the GPL and friends.

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