I like how this is nearly exactly the text from the stack overflow question...
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-ava...
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-ava...
I've had this SO list in my bookmarks for long enough, and there were more and more dead links in it. I felt the need to move it to github in order to keep it up-to-date and to augment it.
I apologize if the intention or original source were not made clear.
A resource like this doesn't fit their model, even if you strain it by trying to invent a question that appears to fit their format.
"This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here. This question and its answers are frozen and cannot be changed."
The list of best programming books may not be totally objective, but the wisdom of the crowds just should be enough to filter out what's good from what's bad. When mods lock the allegedly non-objective questions, they force content to become stale and rot - but still showing up at the top of search engines.
I have given you an upvote