Re: Want to review a book about GNOME 3?

[Alexandre Franke <alexandre franke gmail com>]

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Richard Stallman <rms gnu org> wrote:
> It looks like this book is a sort of manual for GNOME 3.  If so, what
> is the license of the book?  Is it free?  The messages don't say.

The title of the book is "GNOME 3 Application Development" with
"Beginner's Guide" as a subtitle.

http://www.packtpub.com/gnome-3-application-development-beginners-guide/book

> Manuals should be free, and free software especially needs free
> manuals (see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html).  Part of
> our mission is to educate people that nonfree manuals are part of the
> problem; thus, it is important not to present a nonfree manual as if
> it were a good thing.  Please don't help anyone write or sell nonfree
> manuals for GNOME.  (Or for anything else.)

Does a development guide qualify as a manual to you?

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Alexandre Franke