Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallman's unique personality and how that personality has been at turns a driving force and a drawback in terms of the movement's overall success.
- Title:
- Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman and the Free
- By:
- Sam Williams
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
- Formats:
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- Print Release:
- March 2002
- Pages:
- 240
- Print ISBN:
- 978-0-596-00287-9
- | ISBN 10:
- 0-596-00287-4
Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The cover of this book was designed and produced in Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and QuarkXPress 4.1 with Interstate and Sabon fonts. The cover photograph of Richard Stallman was taken by Sam Ogden/Photo Researchers Inc. The interior of the book is set in Adobe's Sabon font and was produced in FrameMaker 5.5.6. Sabon was designed by Jan Tschichold in 1964. The roman design is based on Garamond; the italic is based on typefaces created by Robert Granjon, one of Garamond's contemproaries. Sabon is a registered trademark of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries.
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