From 99b7e91cf7fb98f4ae03c3993ca26cac306909e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: emmajane <>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 02:04:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] minor updates to the admin guide files, added a new text file
 from Greg Ferguson (old email that was sent to potential translation teams).

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 .../docbook/LDP-Admin-Guide/translation.txt   | 61 +++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 LDP/guide/docbook/LDP-Admin-Guide/translation.txt

diff --git a/LDP/guide/docbook/LDP-Admin-Guide/translation.txt b/LDP/guide/docbook/LDP-Admin-Guide/translation.txt
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+Dear potential LDP translators,
+
+Most all of the LDP works can be freely translated. However, as a matter
+of courtesy we ask that you first check the license of the document to
+make sure this is the case AND that you kindly email the author of
+the document and let him/her know that you are translating their work.
+
+If email to the author bounces, you can either inform us, or ignore it
+as some of the documents are in an unmaintained status and we have lost
+track of the author.
+
+Translated works are stored and maintained on *your own* site/server.
+
+You can create  your own website, if you so desire. Many translatation
+teams have done so (See http://www.linuxdoc.org/vlist.html#te for a
+list of teams).
+
+Translated documents are mirrored by the LDP from your server to
+our main server. Your repository of information should be accessible
+either through ftp or rsync to allow for us to perform the mirror
+operation.
+
+Directory structure of the repository we mirror should follow this
+convention:
+
+
+http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/Directory-Structure
+
+Samples of translated documents/sites we mirror:
+
+ http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/
+
+SGML source is available through our CVS tree. You can request an
+account per the following instructions:
+
+ http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/cvs.html
+
+or retrieve through our web-based interface:
+
+ http://cvsview.linuxdoc.org/
+
+We ask that you do NOT check translated documents into this main
+tree at this time, but instead store/maintain them locally with
+the rest of your translation team.
+
+There are many mailing lists that the LDP offers that you might
+want to join/monitor:
+
+ http://www.linuxdoc.org/mailinfo.html
+
+One in particular is the "announce" list wish is used to inform
+everyone when documents are updated, added, or removed from the
+LDP document collection.
+
+I hope this helps to answer some of the questions you might have.
+If you have additional questions you can email myself or Guylhem
+(LDP Chief coordinator/main contact - guylhem@metalab.unc.edu).
+
+best regards,
+
+