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title: Background, History and Philosophy | Project Gutenberg
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permalink: /background/
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Background, History and Philosophy of Project Gutenberg
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How did Project Gutenberg begin, and grow? What motivated
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its founder, Michael Hart? What are some of the core beliefs?
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Project Gutenberg has a long history, which predates the modern
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Internet and continues until today. The essays and documents in this
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section provide some of the background of Project Gutenberg, and also
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describe the basis for how Project Gutenberg operates.
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[The History and Philosophy of Project Gutenberg by Michael Hart](/background/history_and_philosphy.html) (1992)
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[Mission Statement](/background/mission_statement.html) (2004)
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[Principal of Minimal regulation](/background/minimal_regulation.html) (2004)
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[Administrativia](/background/administrivia.html) (2004)
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[No Cost, or Freedom?](/background/free_ebook.md) (2012)
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### Other items about Project Gutenberg
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- eBook: [Project Gutenberg (1971-2008)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27045) by Marie Lebert, covering the history of Project Gutenberg. Other titles by Marie Lebert cover other aspects of eBooks, in English, French and Spanish. Two of these are translations. A third is an album celebrating Project Gutenberg's 40th anniversary:
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- [Le Projet Gutenberg (1971-2008)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27046) [in French]
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- [El Proyecto Gutenberg (1971-2009)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31633) [in Spanish]
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- [Project Gutenberg 4 July 1971 - 4 July 2011](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36616). Album with pictures in PDF.
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- Article: [The Second Gutenberg Interview with Michael Hart](http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb29.html) by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. (May 2002).
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- Article: [Project Gutenberg's Anabasis](http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb39.html) by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. (January 5, 2004).
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- Interview: [The Ubiquitous Project Gutenberg Interview](http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb46.html) with Michael Hart, its Founder by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. (November 11, 2005).
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