UNAHUR- Inglés I Prof.

Andrea Scagnetti

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1 History

2 Scope of collection

3 Ideals

4 Copyright issues

5 Criticism

6 Affiliated projects

7 Notes

8 See also

9 External links

Scope of collection

As of August, 2006, Project Gutenberg claimed over 19,000 items in its collection, with an
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These are primarily works of literature from the Western cultural tradition. In addition to literature
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Ideals

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A slogan of the project is "break down the bars of ignorance and illiteracy", because its
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Project Gutenberg is intentionally decentralized. For example, there is no selection policy

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volunteer voluntario intend tener la intención de

effort esfuerzo long term largo-plazo
scope alcance
issues edición
encourage alentar
easily fácilmente
break down derribar
bars Barras/rejas/barreras?