On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote:
> Quoting Chris Leonard (2012-12-21 20:04:37) > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Chris Leonard > > <cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Wauw - really exciting! And freely licensed! > > >> > > >> I am curious about sources for the book - are those freely and > > >> openly available too? It seems you do not mention source location, > > >> neither at the web page nor inside the PDF. > > > > > > > > > By "sources for the book" are you talking about the book file itself > > > or the example projects? > > Yes, I mean the book itself. > > I am involved in Debian, where we go by a principle that code and > documentation must be Free not only in its "binary" (i.e. consumer) form > but also its source. > > It is not satisfactory that some kind of "source" can be derived from > the "binary" (e.g. reverse engineering, screen-scraping etc.) but that > the preferred source format of the authors is made available. > > By no means to I mean to impose this principle must apply to this book. > But I am curious _if_ it does apply, because then I have the opportunity > of getting the book included with Debian, and that way also included > with Skolelinux, which I am sure would be quite appreciated and used. > Yes its free and we would love to see the book and Etoys n Skolelinux. The beauty of Etoys is all the source is available and you can look at it and modify it right inside Etoys. Cheers, Stephen
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