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<h1>Re: Critique of draft GNU Free Documentation License v1.0</h1>
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<li><em>To</em>: Jorge Godoy <<A HREF="mailto:godoy@conectiva.com.br">godoy@conectiva.com.br</A>></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: Re: Critique of draft GNU Free Documentation License v1.0</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: "der.hans" <<A HREF="mailto:ldp-discuss@LuftHans.com">ldp-discuss@LuftHans.com</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 05:22:54 -0700 (MST)</li>
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<li><em>Cc</em>: Richard Stallman <<A HREF="mailto:rms@gnu.org">rms@gnu.org</A>>, <A HREF="mailto:ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org">ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org</A>, <A HREF="mailto:ldp-discuss@lists.debian.org">ldp-discuss@lists.debian.org</A>, recipient list not shown: ;</li>
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Jorge Godoy wrote:
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> > The passive voice ("be attached") avoids stating who the actor is.
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> > In this case, that question is crucial. Who would this be
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> > a requirement on? In what circumstances? To do what?
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> I see that as a community requirement. The maintainer of the document
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> would, as a last modification, communicate that hes not going to
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> support it anymore and he's making it available for others to
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That's just not practical. Even if the maintainer doesn't just up and die,
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the doc/code is often just put out and eventually stops getting
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maintained. I think many of the HOWTOs have been orphaned. Many projects
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go the same route.
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ciao,
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der.hans
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