[OpenAFS-devel] "Managing AFS" - becoming open source

Michael Meffie mmeffie@sinenomine.net
Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:03:23 -0400


On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 10:23:32 -0400
Richard Campbell <ric@netrc.com> wrote:

> Hi. "Managing AFS" the book came out 21 years ago, and I just asked the
> publisher for a "reversion of rights" back to me which they have just said
> they'll do. That means that I should be able to do what I like with the
> text once I sign the paperwork.
> 
> Frankly, not quite sure what to do. I could just put the text together in
> some format on GitHub pages.
> 
> I know that there have been many changes with AFS in the past two decades
> but if there's interest, I'd be happy if you wanted to fork a copy or do
> something like leanpub.com or whatever.
> 
> (BTW, I won't get their diagrams - which were terrible anyway)
> 
> Richard

That is wonderful news Richard.  It is a great book. Do you plan on releasing
the text under a Creative Commons license, or some other license?

Best regards,
Mike

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Michael Meffie <mmeffie@sinenomine.net>