Reminder on open resources found casually

[harrykar]

https://openstax.org/subjects

[eshellman]

openstax textbooks are generally excellent.

[harrykar]

openstax textbooks are generally excellent.

good to know but there aren't CS texts; maybe we've to open another one broader book's category here (to include them too)?

[eshellman]

There's a parallel repo for science books
https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-science-books

[harrykar]

What a dumb am I! was "in house". Ok by the way can you delight me here how is the organization of EbookFoundation - free-science-books - free-other - books etc?
I see only you here are a your initiative ? are you alone ? what's your role (other than an integrator) etc
have to do #3053

[eshellman]

https://ebookfoundation.org

[harrykar]

That one seems a promising source on open knowledge movement https://hewlett.org/strategy/open-educational-resources/ ; you know something about @eshellman ?

[eshellman]

Hewlett has been funding plenty of good work.

[harrykar]

For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain

[harrykar]

“There comes a point when a creative work belongs to history as much as to its author and her heirs,”
For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain