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## Intro
This list was originally a clone of [stackoverflow - List of Freely Available Programming Books](http://web.archive.org/web/20130824154208/http://stackoverflow.com/a/392926) with contributions from Karan Bhangui and George Stocker.
The list was moved to GitHub by Victor Felder for collaborative updating and maintenance. It has grown to become one of the [most popular repositories on Github](https://octoverse.github.com/), with over 100,000 stars, over 4500 commits, over 950 contributors, and over 25,000 forks.
The list was moved to GitHub by Victor Felder for collaborative updating and maintenance. It has grown to become one of the [most popular repositories on Github](https://octoverse.github.com/), with over 150,000 stars, over 5000 commits, over 1200 contributors, and over 37,000 forks.
The repo is now administered by the [Free Ebook Foundation](https://ebookfoundation.org), a not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting the creation, distribution, archiving and sustainability of free ebooks. [Donations](https://ebookfoundation.org/contributions.html) to the Free Ebook Foundation are tax-deductible in the US.
### How To Contribute
Please read [CONTRIBUTING](/CONTRIBUTING.md). If you're new to Github, [welcome](/HOWTO.md)!
Please read [CONTRIBUTING](/CONTRIBUTING.md). If you're new to GitHub, [welcome](/HOWTO.md)!
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