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The information on this page was first published on Group:Defective_by_Design/Day_Against_DRM_2019/Free_Culture_Educational_Books.
More and more electronic version of books get imposed on students to follow a class. Many of such books comes with Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), which also forces students to run nonfree software. Some publishers now only offer DRM-encumbered subscription disservices to view the materials. Paper books has no such restrictions, however book publishers can decide not to publish new versions of them anymore.
This page attempt to list electronic educational books that have no DRM, along with their license.
Free licenses for manuals are also essential for freedom as they enable to adapt the book, and redistribute it.
| Link | Topic | Class | Country | Schools using it | Associated homework | License | How to contribute | Comments |
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| https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ | Free/libre sheet music transcribed with GNU Lilypond | Music | Anywhere | Various private instructors (Add your school here) | Transcribing more music | CC BY-SA is default | via the git repository (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/) | May need new maintainers |
| Free_High_School_Science_Texts | physics, chemistry, mathematics, etc | grades 10-12 | South Africa, other? | ? | CC-BY | ? | ||
| Math 105 - Math In Society - Open Textbook | Maths | liberal arts majors | Portland, USA | Seem to be made specifically for liberal arts majors in the Portland Community College | ? | Mix of creative commons, including:
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| Math in Society | Maths | liberal arts major | USA? | Washington State faculty, other | cc-by-sa | Send an email to the author | ||
| opentextbookstore | Many topics | College, Other? | USA, Other? (the books are in English) |
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cc-by-sa, other? | ? | ||
| Computer Science without a computer | CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. Free activities for classroom or home. | /!\ Nonfree (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) | probably impossible (nonfree) | The books looks really nice, it would be a good idea to try to convince them in a friendly way to free the book. |
We keep an up-to-date list of links on the DRM website: If you missed a link on the page or list here on the wiki, share it with us.
This page was a featured resource in September 2022.
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