The Bruce Perens' Open Source Series is a series of books edited by Bruce Perens

Bruce Perens

Bruce Perens is a computer programmer and advocate in the open source community. He created the Open Source Definition and published the first formal announcement and manifesto of open source. He co-founded the Open Source Initiative with Eric S...

 as series editor and published by Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall is a major educational publisher. It is an imprint of Pearson Education, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA. Prentice Hall publishes print and digital content for the 6-12 and higher-education market. Prentice Hall distributes its technical titles through the Safari...

 PTR. Principal topics are Linux and Open Source. These books are intended for professional software developers, system and network administrators, and power users. Each book is licensed under the Open Publication License

Open Publication License

Open Publication License is a license open publications created by the Open Content Project, which now recommends using one of the Creative Commons licenses....

 and is made available as a free download several months after publication. As of June 2007, there are 24 titles in the series.

External links

• Bruce Perens' Open Source Series - download full text or purchase at Prentice Hall
  Prentice Hall
  Prentice Hall is a major educational publisher. It is an imprint of Pearson Education, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA. Prentice Hall publishes print and digital content for the 6-12 and higher-education market. Prentice Hall distributes its technical titles through the Safari...