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The source code for the book is in the *book3* folder. There is a `README.md`
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file in that folder that describes how to set up LaTeX and Pandoc so you can
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run the build scripts to produce the PDF and HTML versions of the book.
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run the build scripts to produce the PDF and HTML versions of the book. If you do the
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work to translate the markdown, you can have a print-ready PDF book as well
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as HTML, and EPUB versions.
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I have an automatic build server for the text book that takes your
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latest book in github and produces the PDF and EPUB and hosts it online at
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http://do1.dr-chuck.com/pythonlearn/.
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If your translation team cannot set up the infrastructure to translate
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markdown and produce PDF, you could translate a Microsoft Word version
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of the book. Contact me for a copy of the latest book in Word. If you
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choose to translate in Word, you will have to do signficant additional
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steps to produce a print copy like a table of contents and index which
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is automatic if you translate the markdown version.
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In terms of licensing, since the book is CC-NC-SA, you do not need
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my permission to translate, produce, and distribute electronic copies
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of the book. You do need permission to sell printed copies of the
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https://github.com/csev/py4e/blob/master/book3/AB-copyright.mkd
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Also, I would like a PDF (or Word) copy of any resulting transalation - either
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as a free and open link to your web site, or a copy I can host on
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www.py4e.com. You can sell access to your copy - I just want one
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archival copy so as to not lose your work.
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So far (and this is not required) most who have translated my book have given
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me permission to publish their work on Amazon and give the profits to charity.
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This works well because it makes these translations widely available. Sometimes

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