eBook of Free Software Free Society, Second Edition
Important Notice
Please note that the contents of this page are very old, and therefore some of the techniques explained are quite rudimentary.
I only performed basic automatic text manipulation to obtain the XHTML files from which I compiled the eBook version. Therefore, the resulting XHTML is not really tidy, but it is W3C compliant, and the generated EPUB is valid according to the IDPF validator. If you want to (manually?) clean the XHTML source up, feel free to do so. In case, I would love to receive a copy of the final file(s), thanks!
Short story (for the impatient)
You can get an ebook version of Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman, Second Edition:
- in EPUB format
- in MOBI format
- or read it online, as a single XHTML page.
Long story (for the expert)
I converted the original Texinfo source
files of Free Software,
Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman, Second Edition into
LaTeX source files with some custom Python and Bash
scripts. Then, using TeX4ht and calibre, I compiled
the book into XHTML and EPUB/MOBI. You can download my LaTeX files from the
link below. Comments are welcome, especially if you point out mistakes or you
have useful suggestions: just drop me an email.
Links
- My LaTeX source files
- My parseFootnotes.py script (released under GNU GPL v3)
- The resulting eBook in EPUB format
- The resulting eBook in MOBI format
- The resulting eBook as a single XHTML page
- Support the Free Software Foundation by buying a copy
- Richard Stallman's personal home page
- Wikipedia article on Richard Stallman
Acknowledgments
If you enjoyed reading this eBook with your eReader, you can send me a "thank-you" email.
If you really enjoyed this eBook and you feel really grateful to me for writing this script, I would really love to receive a (reasonably recent) 9-inch e-reader or tablet for testing purposes.
If you really really enjoyed my work on this project and you think my brain can help you, I am always glad to hear about job collaborations!
In all three cases, contact me via email, thanks!