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The Cathedral & the Bazaar

Errata for The Cathedral & the Bazaar

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Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
Printed Page Page 5
The first paragraph that starts on that page

This paragraph ends with the ISBN for The New Hacker’s Dictionary. After the end of that number, there’s a space followed by a period. There shouldn’t be a space. There should just be a period.

 Jason Yundt  Dec 20, 2023 
Printed Page Page 28
The first line

There’s an extra parenthesis and quotation mark around the FSF’s Web address. The full parenthetical (which starts on the previous page) should read “(Richard Stallman, the author of Emacs and founder of the Free Software Foundation, insert-URL-here)”.

 Jason Yundt  Dec 21, 2023 
Printed Page 1
throughout the book

All links to tuxedo.org need to change to catb.org; they are broken.

 Anonymous   
Other Digital Version 1
throughout the book

All links to tuxedo.org need to change to catb.org; they are broken.

 Anonymous  Jul 16, 2008 
Printed Page 72
The reference to endnote 1 at page 72 is really pointing to the text of

endnote 3.

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 74
The reference to endnote 2 at page 74 is really pointing to the text of

endnote 4.

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 78
The reference to endnote 3 at page 78 is really pointing to the text of

endnote 1.

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 78
The reference to endnote 4 at page 78 is really pointing to the text of

endnote 2.

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 80
The superscripted reference to endnote 5 on page 80 actually refers to

the bibliography for this chapter (second item: Principia Discordia).

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 82
The non-superscripted reference to endnote 5 at page 82 seems to be correct.

Anonymous   
Printed Page 83
While the reference to endnote 6 at page 83 seems to be correct, there

is a superscript 1 on the third line of the endnote itself. It is
referring to the bibliography for this chapter (third item: The Adapted
Mind).

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 83, 91
The references to notes 7 (page 83) & 8 (page 91) match the notes.

Anonymous   
Printed Page 92
The non-superscripted reference to endnote 9 on page 92 seems correct

(but should perhaps be a superscript).

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 94
The superscripted reference to endnote 9 at page 94 should be numbered 10.

Anonymous   
Printed Page 94
The reference to endnote 10 at page 94 should be numbered 11.

[ESR: A minor typo. The referencing link for this note on your website
is labeled 'KN', but in the endnotes 'HD' is accidentally repeated from
the previous endnote]

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 107
The reference to endnote 11 at page 107 should be numbered 12.

The reference to endnote 12 actually refers to the bibliography for this
chapter (first item: Bloodtaking and Peacemaking).

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 120
The superscripted reference to endnote 1 at page 120 is really pointing

to the text of endnote 4.

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 120, 121
The references to notes 2 & 3 (pages 120 & 121) match the notes.

Anonymous   
Printed Page 127
The non-superscripted reference to endnote 1 at page 127 is correct.

Anonymous   
Printed Page 134
The reference to endnote 4 at page 134 is really pointing to the text of

endnote 5.

 Anonymous   
Mobi Page 134
text

Current Copy
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 Anonymous  Dec 07, 2020 
Printed Page 184
2nd full paragraph

Wrong date for Windows Refund Day..

Shouldn't it say February 15,1999 and not *March* 15?

 Anonymous