Well, technically, they are going to FLOSSify a current textbook geared towards Adobe Creative Suite. By FLOSSify, they intend to convert the text and examples of a book from closed software to Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS). The book in question is Digital Foundations produced by Michael Mandiberg and Xtine Burrough (http://digital-foundations.net/). It’s a text book designed to teach software by teaching design, and currently uses Adobe CS as a basis.
The FLOSSify event is a community project being held Feb 6 – 8, in NYC. All are welcome to participate. See this blog post at FLOSS Manuals for more info.
In case you haven’t heard, FLOSS Manuals is a not-for-profit Foundation based in Amsterdam. It’s aim is to increase the quality and quanity of free manuals about free software. They already have an impressive collection on it’s website.
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