>I got a lot of shit on this list for suggesting that the OpenBSD project >sell documentation collections (that are freely available elsewhere) as >a method of raising funds for the project as CD rom sales dry up. > >A lot of shit on list and especially off list (one clown made up a gmail >address especially to tell me to fuck off. Way too much time some >people have) > >Today I spent $US5 on an ebook containing tutorials for software I am >considering using. By exercising my mouse I could have got it for free. > >I did not. > >So I am bringing this up again. I do not want CDROMs. I have been to >the trouble of paying for one and insisting they do not post it, but it >was a lot of bother. > >I would pay for a collection of release notes for each new release. > >I support this project and I would like to support Theo directly - as CD >sales do. > >So once again (at the risk of infuriating idle clowns) I respectfully >suggest that the project consider such a release beside and as well as >CDROMs. > >I do realise that I am proposing a "good idea for some one else to do". > I cannot lead such a task as I am a OpenBSD newbie. > >W > >PS For those who might care I bought "Backbone Tutorials" by Thomas >Davis. https://leanpub.com/backbonetutorials
The release CDs contain documentation in a file called X.Y/*/manXY.tgz, where X.X and XX are the release numbers. So you can already buy the documentation, in a way which has been a historical success for OpenBSD. (As opposed to your idea, which has no track record anywhere).
