Re: New GPLed Debian Book is out.
On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 11:37:56AM +0800, hashao wrote:
|Hello ,
|
| I know there is a Chinese Translation (at least for GB?) of the
|"RedHat Unleashed" book. I wonder how big is this Debian Book. We can
|do pretty much whatever we want to about this book. I guess I might
|want to translate one or two chapters when I see it. Anyone interested?
|
|When we have a "BOOK", people might think we are for real!
|
|======================================================================
| A new Debian Book has been published. Titled Debian GNU/Linux: Guide
| to Installation and Usage, it is authored by developers John Goerzen
| and Ossama Othman and should get a wide distribution in many
| bookstores. It includes a CD, some profits go to the FSF, and best
| of all, the entire book is GPL'd (and will soon be packaged)!
This is a very good suggestion, I would like to translate one or two
chapters too.
>From the discussion on debian-devel, several people expressed their
interests on translating the book too, here is what Ossama, one of the
authors, said:
> I'd be glad to give you the LaTeX source file. However, I'm not sure
> if we have to wait until after the book is available in stores. I seem
> to recall some such restriction. John, do you recall? If not, I'll
> e-mail New Riders Publishing to make sure it is okay. In any case,
> there shouldn't be a problem making the source available soon.
So, we can't start now, but will be able to start soon.
p.s. This is the book: http://www.newriders.com/0914-9.htm
pps. This is the discussion on -devel:
http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9906/msg01823.html
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Anthony Wong. [ E-mail: hajime@asunaro.dhs.org / ypwong@debian.org ]
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