Kernel documentation and specification

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

"klowd9 -" <klowd92 at hotmail.com> 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.

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