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| -Welcome!!! |
| 1 | +The original words in this book are (c) 2012-2013, Reginald Braithwaite. All rights reserved. It is neither free as in speech nor free as in beer. This repository is made available to paying, licensed readers for the purpose of [suggesting corrections and enhancements](https://github.com/raganwald/javascript-allonge/issues). |
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| -Dear friends and readers: |
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| -On October 1st, 2013, I announced that [JavaScript Allongé](https://leanpub.com/javascript-allonge) became free: It is now licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License][license]. You are free: |
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| -* to Share—to copy, distribute and transmit the work |
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| -* to Remix—to adapt the work |
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| -* to make commercial use of the work |
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| -Read the [license](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US) yourself for the full details. But the bottom line is, it’s free, *free*, **FREE**! |
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| -And don’t just take my word for it, [here’s the entire book online](https://leanpub.com/javascript-allonge/read). |
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| -### q & a |
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| -> I don't want to pay to download a PDF. Can I make my own? |
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| -Yes, you can take the HTML that is available online or the moarkdown source in this repository and make your own PDF. Or any other format. |
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| -> I'd like to share it |
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| -And I'd also like you to share it, in this form, in PDF, or anything else. Go wild, just follow the attribution rules in the [license]. |
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| -> Hey, I have a great way to make money with this. |
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| -Go for it, you are free to make commercial use of the work. For example, you could: |
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| -* Take this book, add your own annotations, expansions, and commentary, and sell it yourself. |
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| -* Sell it in ebook form for less than I'm charging. |
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| -* Host it on your site and make money from ads. |
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| -* Write a JS tool and use the book as part of the help content. |
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| -It's all good, just follow the [license terms][license]. |
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| -> I found a typo! Can I email you about it? |
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| -Thanks, but my email inbox is a disaster zone. Let's treat the book like OSS. In order of my preference, you should: |
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| -1. Create an [issue], fork the repo, fix the issue, and then send me a [pull request][pull]. (Best!!) |
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| -2. Fork the repo, fix things to your satisfaction, and then send me a [pull request][pull]. (Better!) |
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| -3. Create an [issue]. (Good.) |
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| -Thanks! |
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| -[license]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License" |
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| -[issue]: https://github.com/raganwald/javascript-allonge/issues |
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| -[pull]: https://github.com/raganwald/javascript-allonge/pulls |
| 3 | +Pull requests are welcome. |
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