FSF announces publication of two new books by Richard Stallman

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Post by Tsiolkovsky » Sat, May 07, 2011, 8:05 PM UTC

FSF announces publication of two new books by Richard Stallman
fsf.org

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Post by pohl » Sat, May 07, 2011, 8:44 PM UTC

Is there a sufficiently free license under which we can modify and republish the text?

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Post by rglullis » Sat, May 07, 2011, 8:46 PM UTC

pohl wrote: post #2

Is there a sufficiently free license under which we can modify and republish the text?

http://creativecommons.org/

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Post by anonymoushn » Sat, May 07, 2011, 8:51 PM UTC

rglullis wrote: post #3

pohl wrote: post #2

Is there a sufficiently free license under which we can modify and republish the text?

http://creativecommons.org/

I saw no indication in the article or at the site you linked that the books were licensed under any libre license.

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Post by sandal » Sat, May 07, 2011, 8:52 PM UTC

pohl wrote: post #2

Is there a sufficiently free license under which we can modify and republish the text?

I dug around for a while looking for this as well, since it was absent from the main announcement. But the ordering page for both books allows you to download a PDF immediately, without charge.

It looks like Free as in Freedom 2.0 is under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3, and Free Software, Free Society allows verbatim copying by anyone, and translation by those who have been approved by the FSF (i.e. it is not a free documentation license)

Not sure how you get at the actual manuscripts, you may need to contact FSF for that.

EDIT: Here are the links to the PDFs

http://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs-ii-2.pdf http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/faif-2.0.pdf

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Post by trotsky » Sat, May 07, 2011, 8:53 PM UTC

pohl wrote: post #2

Is there a sufficiently free license under which we can modify and republish the text?

This is Free as in Freedom 2.0: Richard Stallman and the Free Software Revolution, a revision of Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software.
Copyright 2002, 2010 Sam Williams
Copyright 2010 Richard M. Stallman

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License."

Say what you will about Stallman, but I've never heard anyone accuse him of not living by his principles.

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Post by pohl » Sat, May 07, 2011, 8:58 PM UTC

sandal wrote: post #5

pohl wrote: post #2

Is there a sufficiently free license under which we can modify and republish the text?

I dug around for a while looking for this as well, since it was absent from the main announcement. But the ordering page for both books allows you to download a PDF immediately, without charge. It looks like Free as in Freedom 2.0 is under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3, and Free Software, Free Society allows verbatim copying by anyone, and translation by those who have been approved by the FSF (i.e. it is no…

Free Software, Free Society allows verbatim copying by anyone, and translation by those who have been approved by the FSF

Thank you for sharing what you found.

I can't, in good conscience, read a book that only allows modification and redistribution by those in a privileged class.

Our basic liberties are under assault here!

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Post by jarin » Sat, May 07, 2011, 8:58 PM UTC

I've downloaded and converted the PDFs to .mobi so I can read them on my Kindle.

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Post by Luyt » Sat, May 07, 2011, 9:00 PM UTC

sandal wrote: post #5

pohl wrote: post #2

Is there a sufficiently free license under which we can modify and republish the text?

I dug around for a while looking for this as well, since it was absent from the main announcement. But the ordering page for both books allows you to download a PDF immediately, without charge. It looks like Free as in Freedom 2.0 is under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3, and Free Software, Free Society allows verbatim copying by anyone, and translation by those who have been approved by the FSF (i.e. it is no…

Thanks for the links, I appreciate it.

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Post by Luyt » Sat, May 07, 2011, 9:02 PM UTC

jarin wrote: post #8

I've downloaded and converted the PDFs to .mobi so I can read them on my Kindle.

You are free to convert any text to the closed eBook reading format. It'd be great if the eBook just was able to show open formats in a correct way (my Hanlin v3 is capable of that) -- it also can run OpenInkpot, a Linux for eBook readers.