Errata

In Chapter 2 (2001: A Hacker's Odyssey),

Endnote no.2:
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2. See Shubha Ghosh, "Revealing the Microsoft Windows Source Code," Gigalaw.com
(January, 2000).
http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/ghosh-2000-01-p1.html
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The URL in the above mentioned has moved to
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"Stallman himself had been of the first..."

SHOULD BE:
"Stallman himself had been one of the first..."

incorporating them into update versions for...
should be:
incorporating them into updated versions for...

"shaggy-aired"

SHOUD BE:
"shaggy-haired"

"...had yet to to introduce..."

SHOULD BE:
"...had yet to introduce..."

Reflecting on the broad nature of this umbrella, Stallman says its possible...
should be:
Reflecting on the broad nature of this umbrella, Stallman says it's possible...

"...would have a encouraging effect..."

SHOULD BE:
"...would have an encourating effect..."

"...smartest mathematician the room..."

SHOULD BE:
"...smartest mathematician in the room..."

"..ninth floor an off-campus..."

SHOULD BE:
"...ninth floor of an off-campus..."

"...during late 1960s...,"
should be:
"...during the late 1960s...,"

"...Stallman does managed to deliver the event's best line."

SHOULD BE:
"...Stallman does manage to deliver the event's best line."

"...ordering for the entire the table."

SHOULD BE:
"...ordering for the entire table."

"...would late proclaim proclaim a 'clear...'"
the word 'proclaim' appears twice.

(ch5) ONLINE: chapter 5 "Small Puddle of Freedom", 35th paragraph;
"... of a media cause cHlKbre..."

SHOULD BE:
"... of a media cause celebre..."

(ch5) ONLINE: chapter 5 "Small Puddle of Freedom", 38th paragraphe;
"...would later proclaim proclaim a..."

SHOULD BE:
"...would later proclaim a..."

Still, comments such as the "Han Solo" wisecrack at the 1999 LinuxWorld have only reinforced the Stallman's reputation"
should be:
Still, comments such as the "Han Solo" wisecrack at the 1999 LinuxWorld have only reinforced Stallman's reputation"

in the last sentence,

'disgrunted'
should be:
'disgruntled'

...platform to boost rather than reduce his political voice.
should be:
...platform to boost rather than reduce his political voice?

"I wish I knew I how to..."

SHOULD BE:
"I wish I knew how to ..."

Just For Fun: The Story of an Accidentaly Revolutionary
should be:
Just For Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

"...developed a MIT."

SHOULD BE:
"...developed at MIT."

"...as Stallman himslef..."

SHOULD BE:
"...as Stallman himself..."

"The flexibility Stallman and built into..."

SHOULD BE:
"The flexibility Stallman and others built into..."

"WYSIWIG" should read "WYSIWYG"

Instead of tailoring the operating system to take advantage of a specific machine's
resources-as the AI Lab hackers had done with ITS and the PDP-10-Unix developers
favored a more generic, off-the-rack approach.

SHOULD BE:
Instead of tailoring the operating system to take advantage of a specific machine's
resources-as the AI Lab hackers had done with ITS and the PDP-10, Unix developers
favored a more generic, off-the-rack approach.

"Indeed, by 1980, most of the lab's staff, including many hackers, were dividing its time
between Institute and commercial projects."

SHOULD BE:
"Indeed, by 1980, most of the lab's staff, including many hackers, was dividing its time
between Institute and commercial projects."

"...a MIT artificial-intelligence researcher..."

SHOULD BE:
"...an MIT artificial-intelligence researcher..."

"still stands has"

SHOULD BE:
"still stands as"

Despite the stress it generated, ...

there's a sentence that reads:

Following the release of GNU Emacs in 1995, Stallman issued "The
GNU Manifesto," an expansion of the original announcement posted
in September, 1983.

when the former of the two dates /should/ read `1985'.

"...still sitting on shelf somewhere..."

SHOULD BE:
"...still sitting on a shelf somewhere..."

"...moment of self-pardoy,..."

SHOULD BE:
"...moment of self-parody,..."

"...letting listeners of the hook,..."

SHOULD BE:
"...letting listeners off the hook,..."

"...did in an 1999 interview..."

SHOULD BE:
"...did in a 1999 interview..."

"...from all your computer and then..."

SHOULD BE:
"...from all your computers and then..."

"...would also have carry the same GNU Emacs Licence."

SHOULD BE:
"...would also have carry to the same GNU Emacs Licence."

Written by Larry Wall, future creator of the Perl programming language, patch made it simple for
Should say:
Written by Larry Wall, future creator of the Perl programming language, trn made it simple for

"...the GNU Project, both revolved..."

SHOULD BE:
"...the GNU Project - both revolved..."

They document the evolving nature of software industry
should be:
They document the evolving nature of the software industry

"...cerified Stallman's genius status..."

SHOULD BE:
"...certified Stallman's genius status..."

"As university student..."
should have the word 'a' before 'university.'

"Although Torvalds had set out build a full..."

SHOULD BE:
"Although Torvalds had set out to build a full..."

Byte article was from 1986, not 1996.

"Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidentaly Revolutionary"

SHOULD BE:
"Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary"

"hacker cultur"

SHOULD BE:
"hacker culture"

"A March, 1993, a Wired magazine article..."
should read
"In March, 1993, a Wired magazine article..."

"microkernal"

SHOULD BE:
"microkernel"

"...with alot of baggage..."

SHOULD BE:
"...with a lot of baggage..."

"There were timing books that would clobber the files and that's no fun."
should be:
"There were timing bugs that would clobber the files and that's no fun."

"What began as a show of solidarity soon became of model of other GNU projects."

SHOULD BE:
"What began as a show of solidarity soon became the model of other GNU projects."

"From the Torvalds' perspective..."

SHOULD BE:
"From Torvalds' perspective..."

"earned an quick invite"

SHOULD BE:
"earned a quick invite."

"...how only recently that he had learned that..."
The first 'that' should be omitted.

"Cathredral and the Bazaar"

SHOULD BE:
"Cathedral and the Bazaar."

...Stallman detected legal incompatibles that would make
should be:
...Stallman detected legal incompatibilities that would make

"...the political genius of man who played..."

SHOULD BE:
"...the political genius of a man who played..."

"...a collection of hackers that were joined together..."

SHOULD BE:
"...a collection of hackers that were enjoined together..."

Here's what he have to do.'
should be:
Here's what he has to do.'

"...there would be precious few artifiacts to discuss."

SHOULD BE:
"...there would be precious few artifacts to discuss."

The sentence "Either way, the would be breaking the law and facing criminal
penalties."

Change "the" to "they"

a copyright that permitted users to copy and share and the book's text regardless
should be:
a copyright that permitted users to copy and share the book's text regardless

(199, paragraph 1, line 3,
"...dorm maters..."
should be
"...dormmates..."

and battering down doors to gain access to the lone, office computer terminal.
should be:
and battering down doors to gain access to the lone office computer terminal.

"...the MIT Museum paid tradition..."

SHOULD BE:
"...the MIT Museum paid tribute..."