Larry sat in his office at the University of Texas at Arlington, reading that message twice. He thought about his own student days—how he’d photocopied chapters in the library basement because he couldn’t afford the full text.
That reply—forwarded, screenshotted, memed—became a quiet legend. Reddit threads appeared: “Anyone have Larry M. Walther’s Financial Accounting PDF?” “DM me, I’ll share.” “He literally said it’s okay if you’re broke.” financial accounting larry m. walther pdf
Of course, the publisher wasn’t thrilled. But Larry had a secret: he and his co-author Chris Edmonds had already convinced the university to let them give away an earlier edition for free under a Creative Commons license. The PDF searches kept growing, but so did the thank-you emails. Larry sat in his office at the University
Larry sat in his office at the University of Texas at Arlington, reading that message twice. He thought about his own student days—how he’d photocopied chapters in the library basement because he couldn’t afford the full text.
That reply—forwarded, screenshotted, memed—became a quiet legend. Reddit threads appeared: “Anyone have Larry M. Walther’s Financial Accounting PDF?” “DM me, I’ll share.” “He literally said it’s okay if you’re broke.”
Of course, the publisher wasn’t thrilled. But Larry had a secret: he and his co-author Chris Edmonds had already convinced the university to let them give away an earlier edition for free under a Creative Commons license. The PDF searches kept growing, but so did the thank-you emails.