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- This file lists freely redistributable information that isn't
- software. Here are a few groups providing various books, historical
- documents, and more. Please let:
-
- gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
-
- or The GNU Project
- Free Software Foundation
- 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
- Boston, MA 02111-1307
-
- know of additional entries or corrections. You can FTP a more complete
- list in file `/pub/gnu/FreelyAvailableTexts' from `prep.ai.mit.edu'.
-
- * FreeLore
-
- A goal of the FreeLore Project is to do "serious" book-length writing,
- and give it away for free. John Goodwin is now concentrating on writing
- freelore and to show what it is by example (not unlike the FSF). You can
- FTP his results from `world.std.com' in `/obi/Networking/John.Goodwin'.
- To volunteer, contact `jgoodwin@delphi.fnal.gov'.
-
- * The Online Book Initiative (OBI)
-
- OBI focuses on freely redistributable books, reference material,
- conference proceedings, catalogues, etc. OBI has about 400MB of (mostly
- compressed) text online, ranging from poetry to standards documents to
- novels. You may anonymous FTP texts from `obi.std.com' in `/obi'. 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 `info@world.std.com'
- for details).
-
- * Project Gutenberg
-
- 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'. To find out how to obtain text via e-mail, send
- the word `HELP' in the body of a message to
- `BITFTP%PUCC.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu'. Or look at
- `bit.listserv.gutnberg', a USENET newsgroup. For more information,
- write to `dircompg@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu'.
-
- * Project Runeberg
-
- Project Runeberg publishes works of literature and art that are
- machine-readable, such as electronic texts and images; in a Scandinavian
- language, including Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese,
- or created by an artist from a Nordic country; and free for duplication
- and distribution by anyone and for any purpose.
-
- Project Runeberg was founded in March 1993, inspired by Project
- Gutenberg. Coordinated by Lars Aronsson, Project Runeberg is an
- activity of Lysator, a student computer club at Linkoping University in
- Linkoping, Sweden.
-
- FTP from host `ftp.lysator.liu.se' in `/pub/runeberg/README'. Gopher
- access via type 1 host `gopher.lysator.liu.se' path `/project-runeberg'.
- `http://www.lysator.liu.se:7500/runeberg/Main.html' is the URL on the
- World Wide Web. For more infomation or to join the mailing list, ask
- `runeberg-list-request@lysator.liu.se'. Snailmail to: Lysator,
- Universitetet, S-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden.
-
- * Literary Works Available on the WWW
-
- The locations below are URLs (Universal Resource Locators) on the
- Internet's World Wide Web (WWW). This list was compiled by Michael
- Larsen.
-
- CopticNet has Coptic scriptural materials at `ftp://pharos.bu.edu/CN'.
- The Quartz archive has a few texts not available at other locations at
- `ftp://quartz.rutgers.edu/pub/etext/misc'. The Libellus Project has
- Latin texts are at `ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/public/libellus/texts'.
- The Oxford Text Archive has a large collection at
- `ftp://ota.ox.ac.uk/ota'. The English Server at CMU has quite a few
- poems which are located at the URL
- `http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/Poetry.html'. The Sardinia
- Research Center has a few Italian classics, including La Divina Commedia
- at `http://www.crs4.it/HTML/homecrs4.html'. The Quartz text archive has
- a few texts not available elsewhere at location
- `ftp://quartz.rutgers.edu/pub/etext/misc'. The University of Toronto
- has some of James Joyce's work at `gopher://gopher.epas.utoronto.ca'.
- Wiretap is similar to Project Gutenberg in focus and scope and is it
- located at URL `ftp://wiretap.spies.com/Library'. Women's Studies at
- Maryland has some poems by women, especially Emily Dickinson, located at
- the URL
- `gopher://info.umd.edu:901/11/inforM/Educational_Resources/WomensStudies'.
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-