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Freely redistributable information isn't just software. Here are a few groups providing various books, historical documents, and more.
One goal of John Goodwin's FreeLore project is to create a core of
useful, copylefted textbooks. He is currently testing a prototype
curriculum, written in Texinfo, for junior-high school through early
college. To volunteer, contact him at jgoodwin@adcalc.fnal.gov.
The Online Book Initiative focuses on freely redistributable books,
conference proceedings, reference material, catalogues, etc. OBI has
about 200MB of (mostly compressed) text online, ranging from poetry to
standards documents to novels. Anonymous FTP it from
obi.std.com.
You can also dial world.std.com with a modem (617-739-9753, 8N1)
and create an account to access this information (login as new).
Accounts on world are charged for their connect time (ask
office@world.std.com for details).
Project Gutenberg is the brainchild of Michael Hart. Professor Hart's
hope for success derives from the nature of what he calls `Replicator
Technology'. Once anything is stored in a computer, it can be reproduced
indefinitely, making it available to all who want it.
Texts from Project Gutenberg are available at a number of FTP sites,
including mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu in file `/etext' and
oes.orst.edu in file `/pub/almanac/etext'. For
instructions on how to obtain text from Bitnet, send the word `HELP' in the
body of a message to BITFTP@PUCC
(BITFTP%PUCC.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu on the Internet). Or look
at bit.listserv.gutnberg, a USENET newsgroup.
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