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<li><em>To</em>: LDP discuss <<A HREF="mailto:ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org">ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org</A>></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: Re: Are we good enough ?</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: Alfredo Palace Carvalho <<A HREF="mailto:ajpalace@fc.up.pt">ajpalace@fc.up.pt</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:58:09 +0100 (WET)</li>
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hi,
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although i usually am more of a read-only participant of mailing lists, i
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now and then decide to give my modest contribution. here are some scattered
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suggestions/comments about the ldp.
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in the ldp web pages i saw some dates in the fully-numeric format MM/DD/YY.
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because in different places in the world different date styles are used
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(the US uses MM/DD/YY, while europe uses DD/MM/YY, or even YY/MM/DD sometimes)
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i think it is desirable to use the unambigous textual format "17 Sep 1999"
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not only in the web pages, but especially in the docs. i don't know if this
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is a big issue (i haven't looked at it very thoroughly and don't know how
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frequently NN/NN/NN dates are seen in the docs) but still, i thought i should
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call your attention to the problem -- that is, if it exists :-). these matters
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with the dates can sometimes cause some confusion.
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in the recent comments and discussions about the domains www.XX.linuxdoc.org/YY
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for local ldp mirrors, as i understand it, the XX refers to the geographical
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location of the mirror while the YY refers to a particular language of the ldp
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docs. i don't know if YY implies that a two letter code will describe the
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given language. i want to call your attention for the fact that some languages
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have geographical variants (for example, portuguese has several variants like
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the european and the brazilian variants) and are better referenced by the also
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often used four letter code (in the previous example, pt_BR for the portuguese
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brazilian variant, and pt_PT for the portuguese european variant).
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finally, some questions about the ldp license, which is being discussed these
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past couple of days. i don't find it very clear on the point where it refers to
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the translations of the ldp docs (or manuals, as they are called on the license).
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it says that permission from the authors is required for distribution of
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translations of the manuals, although such permission is not required for the
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distribution of the originals. does the availability of the translated docs
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on the web require such permission (i mean, is web-publishing considered as
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distribution)? what about the translation itself? is it necessary for someone
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that decides to translate a ldp doc, to ask for permission to the author before
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beginning with the translation? why this difference between the freedom of
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distribution of translations in comparison to the distribuiton of the original
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texts?
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sorry for the length of the message.
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regards,
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alfredo
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Alfredo Palace Carvalho at work: <ajpalace at fc.up.pt>
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at LDP-pt: <ajpc at poli.org>
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POLI - Projecto Portugu<67>s de Documenta<74><61>o do Linux
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<A HREF="http://www.poli.org/">http://www.poli.org/</A>
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Don't let East Timor die <A HREF="http://www.labrego.net/timor/">http://www.labrego.net/timor/</A>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Guylhem Aznar <guylhem@oeil.qc.ca></li></ul></li>
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