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, previously called Wikimedia Free Textbook Project and '''Wikimedia-Textbooks''', is part of the Wikimedia Foundation . HISTORY Started on July 10 , 2003 , the project is a collection of free Textbook s, manuals, and other texts that are written collaboratively on the website. The site is a Wiki , meaning that anyone can edit book modules without their contributions being subject to review before modifications are accepted. The project was opened in response to a request by Wikipedia's Karl Wick for a place to start building Open-content textbooks such as Organic Chemistry and Physics in order to reduce the costs and other limitations on learning materials. CONTENT While some books are original, others began as text copied over from other sources of free-content textbooks found on the Internet. All of the site's content is covered by the GNU Free Documentation License . As with its sister project, Wikipedia, contributions remain the property of their creators, while the Copyleft licensing ensures that the content will always remain freely distributable and reproducible to allow for further collaboration. The site is working towards completion of several textbooks in numerous languages, which founders hope will be followed by mainstream adoption and use of texts developed and housed there. SUBPROJECTS There are two subprojects within Wikibooks: Wikijunior and Wikiversity . Wikijunior is a youth print and online content project. Wikiversity is a free, open learning environment and research community. It has been proposed that Wikiversity become a project on equal standing with Wikibooks and other Wikimedia Foundation projects. SEE ALSO
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