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# Copyleft and GPL Tutorial Materials
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This repository contains various tutorial materials regarding the suite of GNU General
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Public Licenses and copyleft (as applied to software).
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The primary item of interest is an omnibus book on copyleft that is built
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from the comprehensive-GPL-guide.tex file.
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2014-11-06 17:34:18 +00:00
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You can build this project with the following command:
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$ make
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HTML output will be in the public_html directory and a PDF file will be in comprehensive-gpl-guide.pdf.
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2014-11-06 18:21:39 +00:00
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You may need to first install texlive, tex4ht and a few other things. On
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Debian-based systems, this command may work as root:
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# aptitude install texlive-full make tex4ht
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2014-11-16 15:55:46 +00:00
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You may also
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[browse the current version of the guide on copyleft.org](https://copyleft.org/guide/),
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and [download a PDF of the Guide as well](http://copyleft.org/guide/comprehensive-gpl-guide.pdf).
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Note the
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[canonical repository for this project is on k.copyleft.org](https://k.copyleft.org/guide/files/tip/).
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Typically, copies of this repository on sites other than copyleft.org are for informational and backup
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purposes only.
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## Contributing
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2014-12-20 18:23:07 +00:00
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Improvements of all kinds and manner are welcome. Please review
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[the instructions and details regarding making contributions](CONTRIBUTING.md)
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for more information.
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2015-05-04 21:10:36 +00:00
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Copyleft.org may be sponsored by various organizations, and organizations may
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also republish some, or all, of the output of this project under the terms of
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the CC BY-SA license. However, contributors' work is their own, and thus the
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opinions expressed in their contributions, IRC utterances, commit messages,
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mailing list posts, and/or other fora provided by copyleft.org may not
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necessarily reflect the views of the contributors' employers and/or
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organizations sponsoring the project and/or organizations republishing
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copyleft.org's materials. Generally speaking, unless stated otherwise,
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please assume that individuals contribute to copyleft.org in their personal
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capacity.
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