The Bruce Perens' Open Source Series was a series of books edited by Bruce Perens as series editor and published by Prentice Hall PTR.
Principal topics were Linux and other open-source software.
These books were intended for professional software developers, system and network administrators, and power users.
Each book was licensed under the Open Publication License and was made available as a free download several months after publication.
It was the first book series to be published under an open content license.