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www/doc other-free-books.html |
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Mon, 22 May 2006 10:14:34 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
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Changes by: Wojciech Kotwica <address@hidden> 06/05/22 10:14:34
Modified files:
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converted to XHTML
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diff -u www/doc/other-free-books.html:1.32 www/doc/other-free-books.html:1.33
--- www/doc/other-free-books.html:1.32 Mon May 1 10:04:13 2006
+++ www/doc/other-free-books.html Mon May 22 10:14:28 2006
@@ -1,84 +1,82 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE>Free Books from Other Publishers - GNU Project - Free Software
Foundation (FSF)</TITLE>
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Description" NAME="Description" Content="This page describes
various free (as in freedom) books that are available from source other than
the GNU project.">
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Keywords" NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="book, books,
documentation, copyleft, freedom, free, software, open, source, legal,
copyright, intellectual, property, movement">
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-</HEAD>
-<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000"
VLINK="#9900DD">
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+ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en">
+
+<head>
+<title>Free Books from Other Publishers
+ - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
+</title>
+ <meta http-equiv="content-type" content='text/html; charset=utf-8' />
+ <meta http-equiv="Description" name="Description" content="This page
describes various free (as in freedom) books that are available from source
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+ <meta http-equiv="Keywords" name="Keywords" content="book, books,
documentation, copyleft, freedom, free, software, open, source, legal,
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+ <link rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden"; />
+<style type="text/css">
+ table {
+ background: #f0f0f0;
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+ border-spacing: 1pt;
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+ text-align:center;
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-<H2><CENTER>Free Books from Other Publishers</CENTER></H2>
+<body>
-<P><CENTER>
-[
- <A HREF="/doc/other-free-books.cn.html">Chinese(Simplified)</A>
-| <A HREF="/doc/other-free-books.zh.html">Chinese(Traditional)</A>
-| <A HREF="/doc/other-free-books.cs.html">Czech</A>
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-
-<P><CENTER>
+<p><a href="#translations">Translations</a> of this page</p>
-[ <A NAME="IntroductionTOC" HREF="#Introduction">Introduction</A> |
- <A NAME="FreeBooksTOC" HREF="#FreeBooks">Free Books</A> ]
+<h2>Free Books from Other Publishers</h2>
-</CENTER>
-<H3><CENTER><A NAME="Introduction"
HREF="#IntroductionTOC">Introduction</A></CENTER></H3>
+<h3><a name="Introduction" href="#IntroductionTOC">Introduction</a></h3>
-<P>
-
-We have long supported publication of <A
-HREF="/philosophy/free-doc.html">free documentation</A> (free in the
-sense of freedom--we don't mean gratis). <A
-HREF="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</A> needs free
+<p>
+We have long supported publication of <a href="/philosophy/free-doc.html">free
documentation</a> (free in the sense of freedom--we don't mean gratis).
+<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a> needs free
documentation because you must be free to copy, change and
redistribute the documentation along with the software. To qualify as
-free, the documentation must be released under a <A
-HREF="/philosophy/license-list.html#FreeDocumentationLicenses">free
-documentation license</A>.
-
-<P>
-
+free, the documentation must be released under a
+<a href="/philosophy/license-list.html#FreeDocumentationLicenses">free
+documentation license</a>.
+</p>
+<p>
We publish a number of free books of documentation ourselves. You
-can <A HREF="http://order.fsf.org/";>order printed copies</A> of our books,
+can <a href="http://order.fsf.org/";>order printed copies</a> of our books,
download them from the
-<CODE>/gnu/Manuals</CODE> directory on our <A HREF="/order/ftp.html">ftp
-site</A> and <A HREF="/manual/manual.html">browse them online</A>.
+<code>/gnu/Manuals</code> directory on our <a href="/order/ftp.html">ftp
+site</a> and <a href="/manual/manual.html">browse them online</a>.
We have been doing this since around 1986.
-
-<P>
-
+</p>
+<p>
More recently, some commercial publishers have begun publishing free books.
(Like our books, these are free in the sense of freedom; the commercially
printed copies are sold.) On this page, we keep a list of these books that
we have come across. If you find out about a free book that we don't have
-listed here, please let us know by <A
-HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>emailing us at
-<address@hidden></A>.
+listed here, please let us know by <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>emailing
+us at <address@hidden></a>.
+</p>
-<P>
-<HR width="50%">
-
-<H3><CENTER><A NAME="FreeBooks" HREF="#FreeBooksTOC">Free
Books</A></CENTER></H3></P>
-
-<P>
+<h3><a name="FreeBooks" href="#FreeBooksTOC">Free Books</a></h3>
+<p>
Newer listings are placed at the top of this list.
+</p>
-<P>
-
-<TABLE BGCOLOR="#f0f0f0" BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=5 CELLSPACING=5>
-<TR ALIGN="center"><TH>Title</TH> <TH>Author</TH> <TH>Publisher</TH>
-<TH>ISBN</TH> <TH>License</TH> </TR>
+<table>
+<tr><th>Title</th> <th>Author</th> <th>Publisher</th>
+<th>ISBN</th> <th>License</th> </tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gcc/intro/";>An
Introduction to GCC</a></cite></td>
<td>Brian J. Gough</td>
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@
<td><a href="/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a></td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/python/language/";>Python
Language Reference Manual</a></cite></td>
<td>Guido van Rossum and Fred L. Drake, Jr.</td>
@@ -96,7 +94,7 @@
<td>Python license</td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/python/manual/";>An
Introduction to Python</a></cite></td>
<td>Guido van Rossum and Fred L. Drake, Jr.</td>
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@
<td>Python license</td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/R/base/";>The R Reference
Manual - Base Package - Volume 1</a></cite></td>
<td>The R Development Core Team</td>
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@
<td>Old GNU manual license</td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/R/base2/";>The R
Reference Manual - Base Package - Volume 2</a></cite></td>
<td>The R Development Core Team</td>
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@
<td>Old GNU manual license</td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a
href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/bash/manual/";>GNU Bash Reference
Manual</a></cite></td>
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@
<td>Old GNU manual license</td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a
href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/diff/manual/";>Comparing and Merging
Files with GNU diff and patch</a></cite></td>
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@
<td><a href="/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a></td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a
href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gsl/manual/";>The GNU Scientific
Library Reference Manual</a></cite></td>
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@
<td><a href="/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a></td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/R/manual/";>An
Introduction to R</a></cite></td>
<td>W.N. Venables, et al.</td>
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@
<td>Old GNU manual license</td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/octave/manual/";>GNU
Octave Manual</a></cite></td>
<td>John W. Eaton</td>
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@
<td>Old GNU manual license</td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.network-theory.co.uk/cvs/manual/";>Version
Management with CVS</a></cite></td>
<td>Per Cederqvist, et al.</td>
@@ -180,8 +178,7 @@
<td>Old GNU manual license</td>
</tr>
-<a name="VIM_ENTRY">
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a
href="http://www.newriders.com/books/opl/ebooks/0735710015.html";>Vi
IMproved -- Vim</a></cite></td>
@@ -189,96 +186,87 @@
<td>New Riders</td>
<td>0735710015</td>
<td>Open Publication License, Version 1.0 (no options exercised)
-<a href="#VIM_NOTE">(See note below)</a></td>
-
+<a name="VIM_ENTRY" href="#VIM_NOTE">(See note below)</a></td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.diveintopython.org/";>Dive Into Python</a></cite>
(work still in progress)</td>
<td>Mark Pilgrim</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a></td>
-
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython.html";>How to Think
Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python</a>, First Edition</cite></td>
<td>Allen Downey, Jeff Elkner and Chris Meyers</td>
<td>Green Tea</td>
<td>0971677506</td>
<td><a href="/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a></td>
-
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite> Advanced Linux Programming, First Edition</cite></td>
-<td>Mark Mitchell, Jeffery Oldham, and Alex Samuel</TD>
+<td>Mark Mitchell, Jeffery Oldham, and Alex Samuel</td>
<td>New Riders</td>
<td>0-757-1043-0</td>
-
<td>Open Publication License, Version 1.0 (no options exercised)
- <a name="ALP_ENTRY" href="#ALP_NOTE">(See note below)</a></TD>
-</td>
-
+ <a name="ALP_ENTRY" href="#ALP_NOTE">(See note below)</a></td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/";>The Zope
Book</a>, First Edition</cite></td>
-<td>Amos Latteier and Michel Pelletier</TD>
+<td>Amos Latteier and Michel Pelletier</td>
<td>New Riders</td>
<td>0-7357-1137-2</td>
<td>Open Publication License, Version 1.0 (no options exercised)</td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite>Linux Device Drivers, Second Edition</cite></td>
-<td>Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet</TD>
+<td>Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet</td>
<td>O'Reilly and Associates</td>
<td>0-596-00008-1</td>
-
<td><a href="/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a> <a
name="DRIVER_ENTRY" href="#DRIVER_NOTE">(See note below)</a>
-
</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><cite>Effective <code>awk</code> Programming, Third Edition</cite></td>
+<td>Arnold Robbins</td>
+<td>O'Reilly and Associates</td>
+<td>0-596-00070-7</td>
+<td><a href="/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a></td>
</tr>
-<TR ALIGN="center">
-<TD><CITE>Effective <code>awk</code> Programming, Third Edition</CITE></td>
-<TD>Arnold Robbins</TD>
-<TD>O'Reilly and Associates</TD>
-<TD>0-596-00070-7</TD>
-<TD><A HREF="/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</A></TD>
-</TR>
-
-<TR ALIGN="center">
-<TD><CITE><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/";>GNU Autoconf,
Automake, and Libtool</a></CITE></td>
-<TD>Gary V. Vaughan, Ben Elliston, Tom Tromey, Ian Lance Taylor</TD>
-<TD>New Riders</TD>
-<TD>1-57870-190-2</TD>
-<TD>Open Publication License, Version 1.0 (no options exercised)</TD>
-</TR>
-
-<TR ALIGN="center">
-<TD><CITE><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6527";>Debian GNU/Linux:
Guide to Installation and Usage</a></CITE> (Currently out-of-print)</TD>
-<TD>John Goerzen and Ossama Othman</TD>
-<TD>New Riders</TD>
-<TD>0-7357-0914-9</TD>
-<TD><A HREF="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</A></TD>
-</TR>
-
-<TR ALIGN="center">
-<TD><CITE>GTK+/GNOME Application Development</CITE></TD>
-<TD>Havoc Pennington</TD>
-<TD>New Riders</TD>
-<TD>0-7357-0078-8</TD>
-<TD>Open Publication License, Version 1.0 (no options exercised)</TD>
-</TR>
+<tr>
+<td><cite><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/";>GNU Autoconf,
Automake, and Libtool</a></cite></td>
+<td>Gary V. Vaughan, Ben Elliston, Tom Tromey, Ian Lance Taylor</td>
+<td>New Riders</td>
+<td>1-57870-190-2</td>
+<td>Open Publication License, Version 1.0 (no options exercised)</td>
+</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
+<td><cite><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6527";>Debian GNU/Linux:
Guide to Installation and Usage</a></cite> (Currently out-of-print)</td>
+<td>John Goerzen and Ossama Othman</td>
+<td>New Riders</td>
+<td>0-7357-0914-9</td>
+<td><a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><cite>GTK+/GNOME Application Development</cite></td>
+<td>Havoc Pennington</td>
+<td>New Riders</td>
+<td>0-7357-0078-8</td>
+<td>Open Publication License, Version 1.0 (no options exercised)</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
<td><cite><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932111816/";>Open Source
Development with CVS</a></cite></td>
<td>Karl Fogel and Moshe Bar</td>
<td>Paraglyph Press</td>
@@ -286,7 +274,7 @@
<td><a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html";>GNU General Public
License</a></td>
</tr>
-<tr align="center">
+<tr>
<td><cite><a
href="http://www.cafeshops.com/bartlettpublish.8640017";>Programming from the
Ground Up</a></cite></td>
<td>Jonathan Bartlett</td>
<td>Bartlett Publishing</td>
@@ -294,15 +282,13 @@
<td><a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/fdl.html";>GNU Free
Documentation License</a></td>
</tr>
-</TABLE>
+</table>
<dl>
<dt><a href="#VIM_ENTRY" name="VIM_NOTE"><strong>Note on <cite>Vi IMproved
-- Vim</cite>:</strong></a></dt>
-
<dd>
-
The 2001 printing of this book failed to list the license notification
properly. This printed edition says it is a proprietary book. The
publisher has assured us that this was purely a printing error and that the
@@ -310,16 +296,11 @@
options exercised. Their <a
href="http://www.newriders.com/content/images/0735710015/errata/0735710015.pdf";>errata
(in PDF format)</a> confirms this.
-
</dd>
-<p>
-
<dt><a href="#ALP_ENTRY" name="ALP_NOTE"><strong>Note on <cite>Advanced Linux
Programming, First Edition</cite>:</strong></a></dt>
-
<dd>
-
The June 2001 printing of this book failed to list the license
notification properly. This printed edition says it is a proprietary
book. The publisher has assured us that this was purely a printing error
@@ -328,41 +309,77 @@
href="http://www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com/errata.html";>errata page</a>
confirms this. They have assured us that the next printing will have the
corrected license.
-
</dd>
-<p>
-
<dt><a href="#DRIVER_ENTRY" name="DRIVER_NOTE"><strong>Note on <cite>Linux
Device Drivers, Second Edition</cite>:</strong></a></dt>
-
-<dd>The printed edition failed to properly apply the GNU FDL; a copy of
+<dd>
+The printed edition failed to properly apply the GNU FDL; a copy of
the GNU FDL is missing, and the license notice is not complete. O'Reilly
-will fix these problems in the next printing.</dd>
+will fix these problems in the next printing.
+</dd>
</dl>
-<P>
-<HR>
-<P>
-Return to <A HREF="/home.html">GNU's home page</A>.
-
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+[
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+| <a href="/doc/other-free-books.zh.html">繁體中文</a>
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+| <a href="/doc/other-free-books.html">English</a>
+| <a href="/doc/other-free-books.ja.html">日本語</a> <!--
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+| <a href="/doc/other-free-books.ko.html">한국어</a> <!--
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+| <a href="/doc/other-free-books.pl.html">Polski</a> <!-- Polish -->
+| <a href="/doc/other-free-books.pt.html">Português</a> <!-- Portuguese
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