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Free 365 page eBook “Tools and utilities in free software” from Free Technology Academy. This book will introduce learners to some of the programs designed for the desktop environments of end users.

Free online book “The Daemon, the Gnu, and the Penguin” by Peter H. Salus. In addition to covering a history of free and open source, The Daemon, the Gnu, and the Penguin explores how free and open software is changing the world. It is authored by Peter H. Salus, a noted UNIX, open source, and Internet historian and author of A Quarter Century of UNIX and Casting The Net and other books.

Free eBook “Implementation of Free Software Systems” from Free Technology Academy. This book looks in detail at the methodology used to implement free software systems in organisations and generic scenarios, establishing the main features that will guide the project and its development.

Free eBook “Legal Aspects of the Information Society” from Free Technology Academy. This book contains fundamental information for those who want to understand Free Software and how to contribute and benefit from it in a safe and legal way.

Download free eBook “Getting Started with Open Source Development” from IBM. This ebook is a good starting point for beginners to the open source world.

Free eBook “Economic aspects and business models of Free Software” by Free Technology Academy. This course book is focused on the study of Free Software in relation with the private sector and related economic aspects.

Free eBook “Introduction to Free Software” by Jesús M. González-Barahona, Joaquín Seoane Pascual, Gregorio Robles. What is free software? What is it and what are the implications of a free program licence?

You can download “Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software” in several formats for free. In “Two Bits”, Christopher M. Kelty investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software, revealing the people and practices that have transformed not only software but also music, film, science, and education.

Free eBook “After the Software Wars” by Keith Curtis, an 11-year veteran of Microsoft, believes deeply that open source is the future of software. He takes a programmer’s approach in “Software Wars,” attempting to systematically build a case that software can help pave the way for a 21st-century renaissance in many fields ranging from artificial intelligence (cars that drive themselves) to the human journey into space (space elevators).

“How Open Is the Future? : Economic, Social & Cultural Scenarios Inspired by Free & Open-Source Software” can be downloaded in pdf format for free.