"Hacktoberfest" is on our topics list, so all PRs to the repo are eligible for Hacktoberfest awards. Register at https://hacktoberfest.com/

As we get lots of submissions during Hacktoberfest, there are certain types of submissions that are not really welcome. For example, we can't do major reorganizations without causing merge conflicts. We don't want design or format changes or changes to our workflows as they can break other submissions.

We will be not be nice to spam submissions. Please be patient and respectful to the reviewers. Once you get the hang of it, help others out.

All the common problems with submissions relate to people who don't read https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/blob/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md

Remember that just because you can download something doesn't mean it's Free. We do NOT list unauthorized distributions or anything from file sharing sites.

Once Hacktoberfest begins, we probably won't have time to review any PRs that have failed tests, that have conflicts or that are set to "Draft". Please don't open a new PR instead of adding corrective commits to a PR that has failed tests. Start a new branch for each PR. Reviews are mostly FIFO, so please do NOT add messages asking for review, it will bump your PR to the end. Don't ask to be assigned an issue - we don't do that.

Use this issue to pose general questions about the repo.

Last year, we started a new effort to add license notations. See #11355 for how to do it. This is a good way to get started with the repo!