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<li><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:guylhem@oeil.qc.ca">guylhem@oeil.qc.ca</A></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: Re: Union?</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:bf347@lafn.org">bf347@lafn.org</A> (David Lawyer)</li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:19:52 -0700</li>
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Guylhem Aznar wrote:
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>We are discussion an union under "GNU/Linux documentation project" name,
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>with independant sections like "Linux HOWTO", "Hurd HOWTO", "GNOME
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>online help", "FAQ", "Guides"... which would become a part of the GNU
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>project.
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>Nothing would really change for the Linux HOWTO section, yet it would
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>bring many advantages.
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>For example, we could use a *real* standard for documentation, the FSF
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>could subventionate some projects (like hiring authors for 3 years old
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>unmaintained HOWTOs), we could have tighter links with software authors,
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>an knowledge base/index for the whole documentation, we would avoid
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>duplicating efforts, we could maintain our own apps for the
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>indexing/browsing, have a coherent Peer Review ("QC" is too harsh)...
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>What do authors think about that?
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The FSF documentation that I've looked at could stand a lot of improvement.
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I've seen docs poorly organized, missing important info etc. This is not
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any extra money to spend on our projects. If they did, it would hurt any
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effort by FSF to improve their own docoumentation.
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Another problem is the licensing issue. We allow authors to restrict
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modification of their docs (but recommend that they don't do this). I
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think that eventually LDP should only accept docs which at least allow
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modification if the author fails to maintain the doc or can't be located.
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Even if this is done, LDP would still allow the author more leeway than
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GPL. We also need to see how the DGPL by FSF turns out.
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Thus I'm sceptical about the benefits of merger. I think we
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should be allied with FSF but should not merge with it at this time.
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David Lawyer
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>I think it is a great opportunity to go on enhancing the Documents, and
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>fix the causes (over fragmentation, years-old unmaintained HOWTOs...)
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org></li></ul></li>
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<li><strong><a name="00552" href="msg00552.html">Re: Union?</a></strong>
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