Free as in Freedom (2002)

Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software

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Table of Contents

 * Preface
 * Chapter 1: For Want of a Printer
 * Chapter 2: 2001: A Hacker's Odyssey
 * Chapter 3: A Portrait of the Hacker as a Young Man
 * Chapter 4: Impeach God
 * Chapter 5: Puddle of Freedom
 * Chapter 6: The Emacs Commune
 * Chapter 7: A Stark Moral Choice
 * Chapter 8: St. Ignucius
 * Chapter 9: The GNU General Public License
 * Chapter 10: GNU/Linux
 * Chapter 11: Open Source
 * Chapter 12: A Brief Journey Through Hacker Hell
 * Chapter 13: Continuing the Fight
 * Epilogue: Crushing Loneliness
 * Appendix A: Terminology
 * Appendix B: Hack, Hackers, and Hacking
 * Appendix C: The GNU Free Documentation License

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