bos@598: <!-- -*- html -*- -->
bos@598: {% extends "boilerplate.html" %}
bos@598: 
bos@598: {% block bodycontent %}
bos@599: <div class="navheader"><h1 class="booktitle">Mercurial: The Definitive Guide<div class="authors">by Bryan O'Sullivan</div></h1></div>
bos@598: 
bos@598: <div class="book">
bos@598:   <h2>Welcome to Mercurial: The Definitive Guide</h2>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>This is the online home of the book &#8220;Mercurial: The
bos@598:     Definitive Guide&#8221;.  
bos@598:     It will be published in 2009 by O'Reilly Media.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>I make the content <a href="/read/">freely available
bos@598:       online</a>.  If you like it, please make a note to buy a copy!</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>For news updates, please
bos@598:     visit <a href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog/">my blog</a>.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <h2>You can contribute!</h2>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>I publish the <a href="http://hgbook.red-bean.com/">source
bos@598:       code</a> for this book as a Mercurial repository.  Please feel
bos@598:     welcome to clone it, make modifications to your copy, and send me
bos@598:     changes.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>The online version of the book includes a comment system
bos@598:     that you can use to send feedback involving errors, omissions, and
bos@598:     suggestions.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>(If you would like to adapt the comment system for a
bos@598:     publishing project of your own, the source for the web application
bos@599:     is included with the book source at the link above.)</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <h2>What is Mercurial?</h2>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p><a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial</a> is a
bos@598:     fast, lightweight source control management system
bos@598:     designed for easy and efficient handling of very large distributed
bos@598:     projects.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <h2>How I help Mercurial and free software, and you can too</h2>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>Mercurial is a member of the <a href="http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>, a
bos@598:     wonderful non-profit organisation that offers its member projects
bos@598:     legal and administrative advice.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>I am donating my royalties from the sales of this book (once it is
bos@598:     published) to the Software Freedom Conservancy, and I encourage
bos@598:     you to support their work, too.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>The SFC can
bos@598:     accept <a href="http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/?donate">accept
bos@598:     donations</a> (tax-free under IRS 501(c)(3), within the United
bos@598:     States) on behalf of its member projects. If you would like to
bos@598:     support Mercurial directly, please consider making a donation to
bos@598:     the SFC on its behalf.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>If you would like to help free software developers to provide
bos@598:     their important public services without being impeded by legal
bos@598:     issues, please consider donating to the SFC's sister organisation,
bos@598:     the <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Law
bos@598:     Center</a>.</p>
bos@598: </div>
bos@598: {% endblock %}