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<li><em>Subject</em>: Re: free vs. non-free debate</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: Vern Hoxie <<A HREF="mailto:vern@zebra.alphacdc.com">vern@zebra.alphacdc.com</A>></li>
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On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Tim wrote:
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> My take is that *we* should not put out a blanket "We'll not accept
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> documentation that discusses non-free hardware or software". Don't
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> pick this a part....you know what I mean.
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I agree thoroughly! After all "Debian", "Redhat", "SuSe" and other
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distributions of Linux are not everywhere free of charge. They are
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sold in stores just as are other commercial products. To reject
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documentation for non-free software would exempt all documentation.
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The only criteria should be that the LDP should be licensed for
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electronic distribution in the original human (capable of being spoken)
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language and all translations to other human languages. Printed
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versions may or may not be covered by a blanket license. It will
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left to the author and publisher to iron out details. Print
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publication is not a responsibility of the LDP.
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References to commercial printed material may be included. After all
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there have been a number of references to the ORA SGML book recently
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published.
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> *We* provide documentation and support for the Linux Community as a whole.
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> We have nothing to gain other than to fill a void and make enjoying Linux
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> a little easier. Most of us wanted to give back to the Linux Community
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> that so willingly accepted us with open arms (even if around our neck at
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> times making it a little more difficult to breathe.)
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I agree completely. Unfortunately the "Manifesto" and other
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politically inspired conditions present too many hoops for
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contributors to jump through. These hoops such as prescribed
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copyrights can be discouraging to submiters.
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I have a specific disdain for the hoop that documents must be
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submitted in SGML. This is a dead end. There is no working SGML
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package for Linux. At least for use on i486 PC's. This also imposes
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the need for the submiter to learn the nuances of formatting while his
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personal expertise is in other endeavors. These other endeavors are
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what he is writing about and can be very valuable for other users.
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> I've seen more "political issues" on this/these lists that I ever
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> cared to. We are so far from political its heart-warming :) So I
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> hope that things move on and the documentation continues coming in.
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I hope that the 'smiley' inferred sarcasm.
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BTW Tim, where are the "free" postings to comp.os.linux.answers? My
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last record is from Mar 25 1998.
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vern
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Vernon C. Hoxie vern@zebra.alphacdc.com
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3975 W. 29th Ave. uucp: 303-455-2670
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