Re: New Debian Book
Congratulations guys! Welcome to the ranks of "the published" ;-)
I'm very glad to see this book finally make it into print.
Luck,
On 24 Jun 1999, John Goerzen wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I've mentioned this in IRC a few times, and several Debian developers
> have examined the book already, but in light of the recent discussions
> in the other list, I figured it would be good to make an announcement
> here.
>
> Ossama Othman and I have been working on, and just finished, a book
> entitled Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage. There are
> several very unique things about it:
>
> * It's published by Macmillan Computer Press / New Riders, so it
> will have wide distribution.
>
> * The FSF will get a portion of the sale from each copy sold.
>
> * The copyright of the material is assigned to SPI (unusual in this
> business)
>
> * The book itself is licensed under the GPL! (Even more unusual!)
>
> The book (which includes binary-i386 CD 1) will be selling for about
> $25 and is aimed at those new to Debian. The ISBN number is
> 0-7357-0914-9 and it's already shown up on several online booksellers.
>
> I do have HTML generated already but am not yet prepared to post a URL
> here because it is not yet on a high-bandwidth link. I expect it to
> show up on mcp.com within a few weeks.
>
> My questions to you are:
>
> * Should we put a copy of the sources (LaTeX and EPS) up on
> debian.org somewhere? If so, would somebody please contact Ossama
> or myself with details on where?
>
> * Would anyone like to see it packaged? This would certainly
> not benefit its target audience, but would perhaps be good for
> completeness?
>
> * Is it appropriate to link to MCP's site, given that they will be
> giving a portion of the revenues to the FSF? (FWIW, Stallman has
> indicated that he plans to link from fsf.org to it, due to the
> favorable license and royalty plans)
>
> Needless to say, Ossama and I are quite glad to have been able to work
> on this project. I'd like to thank Ben Collins and Havoc Pennington
> for working on the project as well.
>
> Regards,
> John Goerzen
>
>
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