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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
by sandal 15y ago
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://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs-ii-2.pdf
http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/faif-2.0.pdf http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/faif-2.0.pdf
- pohl 15y agoFree 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!
- ekidd 15y agoTo be fair to Stallman, he has always distinguished between "functional" works, such as technical manuals and encyclopedias, and works which express a specific person's opinion. In the former case, Stallman believes that it's useful to modify works: You might want to update a technical manual for a new version of the software, or you might want to fix articles in the encyclopedia. But in the latter case, you're generally not inconvenienced by the fact that you can't edit someone's written opinions. So in these cases, Stallman tends to favor licenses which allow copying, but not modification.
- Luyt 15y agoThanks for the links, I appreciate it.