Re:Free book to master SSH tunneling concepts
by tzs on Saturday January 15, 2022 @11:50AM
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He is right about it not being open [1], but since I don't see anything at the repo that claims it is open I don't see anything wrong here.
Books aren't computer programs, and most people even in the free/open source software world seem to be OK with book licenses being less open than software licenses. If the book is available in a good digital edition and can be freely copied and distributed they usually consider that good enough.
[1] It is a CC license, but it is not one of the 5 CC licenses that meets the "Open Definition" for data and content of the Open Knowledge Foundation [2].
Books aren't computer programs, and most people even in the free/open source software world seem to be OK with book licenses being less open than software licenses. If the book is available in a good digital edition and can be freely copied and distributed they usually consider that good enough.
[1] It is a CC license, but it is not one of the 5 CC licenses that meets the "Open Definition" for data and content of the Open Knowledge Foundation [2].
[2] https://opendefinition.org/licenses/