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Update entries for Beej's Guides #6781
Update entries for Beej's Guides #6781
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Moreover, when we prefer the full name of author: Brian "Beej Jorgensen" Hall
we should provide the name of the traducer in translation entries too when would be posible
Thanks @davorpa for the review!
Could/should guidance around that be added in the
Yep, agreed (providing credit where it is due). It was a little lazy of me not to go through and attempt to collect those credits while following these links. I'll take another read through for them soon. |
Please note: there is an additional translation in Farsi that is not yet added here. I'm unable to read that language at the moment and wasn't able to determine what the title of the translated book is/was. |
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Wow this is some great work!
… name Co-authored-by: David Ordás <[email protected]>
…anguage (guideline: one entry per book per human-language; 'Networking' is approved as the better location)
Thanks @eshellman! |
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LGTM
Thanks, and welcome to free-programming-books! |
What does this PR do?
For Beej's Guide to Networking (canonical link):
From code review feedback:
For resources
Description
Why is this valuable (or not)?
"Beej's Guide to Networking" is a valuable guide to network programming in C.
How do we know it's really free?
The work is currently "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0" licensed, as indicated in the publication's source: https://github.com/beejjorgensen/bgnet/blob/cce225ad6856b749bf92a81ed26208785ed5adb9/src/bgnet.md#copyright-distribution-and-legal-legal
One exception to this is that the author requires:
"One specific exception to the "No Derivative Works" portion of the license is as follows: this guide may be freely translated into any language, provided the translation is accurate, and the guide is reprinted in its entirety. The same license restrictions apply to the translation as to the original guide. The translation may also include the name and contact information for the translator."
All of the translations linked to here are listed on the author's own website for the book.
For book lists, is it a book? For course lists, is it a course? etc.
This is a book; it's canonically available in English on the web in HTML and PDF formats, and also has published paper formats, and a number of online translations available.
Checklist:
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cc @beejjorgensen (author)