discuss: Proposal: LPI Self-Study Guide
Subject:
Re: Proposal: LPI Self-Study Guide
From:
Chase ####@####.####
Date:
8 Jul 2004 18:31:40 -0000
Message-Id: <1089311455.21245.103.camel@localhost>
Have you seen the GPL'ed courseware for LPI/Linux from linuxit?
http://www.linuxit.com/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lpi-manuals/
http://www.nongnu.org/lpi-manuals/
-Chase
On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 09:13, David Horton wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Lawyer ####@####.####
> > Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2004 03:41 AM
> > To: 'Rahul Sundaram'
> > Cc: 'David Horton', 'tldp -- discuss'
> > Subject: Re: Proposal: LPI Self-Study Guide
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 11:50:10AM -0700, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > While I would like the work to be free for anyone to use as they see
> > > > fit I think it is important that it be authored only by LPI
> > > > certified persons. After all, I would not trust a "home wiring
> > > > guide" written by someone who is not a licensed electrician.
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> >
> > I sort of agree. Except that there are some people who could pass the
> > LPI but don't take it. I understand that passing it doesn't really
> > count for much in finding a job. LDP will accept the Guide so long at
> > it's freely distributable. Even with your restriction, you could always
> > give someone permission to modify it if you thought they would do a good
> > job.
> >
>
> My goal in restricting authorship to LPI certified individuals is an
> attempt to lend credibility to the guide. This guide is designed to help
> candidates study for the LPI exams. A person studying for an LPI test
> will probably put more trust in someone who has already passed the exams
> than someone who has not. However, I have updated the license to a
> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license with no additional
> restrictions.
>
> An updated copy of the guide in progress is at:
> http://www.happy-monkey.net/LPI/LPI-Self-Study-Guide.html
>
> Dave
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