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<h1 class="title"><a name="AEN2"></a>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</h1>
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<b>Issue Number :</b> 35 and 36<br>
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<b>Publication Date :</b> 2003-12-30<br>
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<dt class="c1">Table of Contents</dt>
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<dt>1. <a href="#new-for-review">Documents submitted for review</a></dt>
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<dt>2. <a href="#new-proposed">New document proposals</a></dt>
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<dt>3. <a href="#updated-docs">Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</a></dt>
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<dt>4. <a href="#tldp-world">News in The LDP world</a></dt>
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<dt>4.1. <a href="#news-item1">Jamie sets the example</a></dt>
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<dt>5. <a href="#discussions">Discussions on TLDP lists</a></dt>
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<dt>5.1. <a href="#discussion1">Licensing</a></dt>
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<dt>5.2. <a href="#discussion2">Documenting non-free software?</a></dt>
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<dt>6. <a href="#feedback">HOWTO contribute to TLDP</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-for-review"></a>1. Documents submitted for review</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Feiyun Wang sent in a finalized version of a document he would like to call the <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6768:200312:konkimegkjeambdiipla" target=
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"_top">Linux i386 Boot Code HOWTO</a>, a study guide and source commentary to the Linux i386 boot code.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Adrian Offerman submitted a new <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6778:200312:chhbgdgdnpopnokgfpcf" target="_top">MMBase Installation HOWTO</a>, describing the
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installation of the MMBase content management system on a Red Hat Linux distribution, using the Tomcat application server, and integrating it with MySQL and Apache. The <a href=
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"http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/MMBase.html" target="_top">current MMBase mini-HOWTO</a> describes the setup of the management system on Debian Woody.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Daniel Quintiliani sent in v2.11 of the <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6824:200312:dahpibnceeobmhehdekd" target="_top">Windows Newsreaders under Linux
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HOWTO</a>, which has more info on sounds in Xnews.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">We received v1.4.16 of the <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6876:200312:ipgledljmnhigilikgkk" target="_top">WordPerfect on Linux FAQ</a>, maybe in answer to
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the long discussions about <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6239:200312:bnijmdbhinokiigafgam" target="_top">TLDP documenting proprietary software</a>, and v1.7.4 of the <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6877:200312:fmmbocmbfdobkmphigeo" target="_top">Linux User Group HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-proposed"></a>2. New document proposals</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Rahul Sundaram has been probing to find co-authors for a really big guide, that would be a sort of always-up-to-date Linux bible, which would connect all TLDP documents,
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after the example of <a href="http://freebsd.org/handbook" target="_top">the FreeBSD Handbook</a>.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="updated-docs"></a>3. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Chr. Clemens Lee just published v3.0 of his <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/" target="_top">Debian Binary Package Building HOWTO</a>,
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which contains minor fixes and applies feedback from readers.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Charles Curley's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO</a> v1.5 contains notes on
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Fedora and Grub.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">David Braun updated the links in v1.3 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Disk-Encryption-HOWTO/" target="_top">Disk Encryption HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Binh Nguyen published two updates: v0.63 of the <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/" target="_top">Linux Filesystem Hierarchy</a>, and v0.12
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of the <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/" target="_top">Linux Dictionary</a>.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-world"></a>4. News in The LDP world</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="news-item1"></a>4.1. Jamie sets the example</h2>
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<p>Reviewers are highly in demand, yet we recently had the joy of welcoming a few. They mysteriously appeared out of nowhere to offer their much-needed services to our project. One of those
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new-comers is Jamie Patterson. Not that long ago, he found the TLDP web site, while looking for Linux documentation. He must have approved of our system, because he volunteered as a reviewer:
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<span class="QUOTE">"I wanted to help improve and build on the foundation blocks of the ever-expanding Linux Community."</span></p>
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<p>Jamie reviews for content suitability, checks grammar and spelling and, probably the most important thing: ease of reading. Tabatha, our head-reviewer, thinks he's one of the most faithful
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reviewers she works with. However devoted, Jamie can make his voice heard. As his colleagues say, in an appreciative tone of voice: <span class="QUOTE">"He's a little outspoken in his
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comments."</span></p>
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<p>Jamie joined the project only recently, but is already training other reviewers. Jamie is thirteen years old. We're told he does a good job.</p>
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<p>We also want to welcome the rest of the flock, among others:</p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Jennifer Riley, with a master's degree in both English and by experience in programming in all kinds of languages, does language review but hopes to start on technical
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reviewing soon.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Emma Jane Hogbin admits that spelling is not her cup of tea, so she does technical reviews. She is also the <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/ACPI-HOWTO/index.html"
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target="_top">ACPI HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Doris Cross is getting her own business off the ground, and says that technical editing for TLDP is an asset because it keeps her skills up to date.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="discussions"></a>5. Discussions on TLDP lists</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="discussion1"></a>5.1. Licensing</h2>
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<p>As David Lawyer states, the current LDP license contains <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6280:200312:mhljllnlecdgghdoohcl" target="_top">a loophole</a>.</p>
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<p>Therefor, Rick Moen wrote a proposal for a <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6268:200312:idnijccbcjnijmgbpjbb" target="_top">new license</a> which is now being discussed. Rick did
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<a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6231:200312:bhlldbihdlbgodochdkp" target="_top">quite some research</a> on the subject of licensing.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="discussion2"></a>5.2. Documenting non-free software?</h2>
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<p>The <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5875:200312:ihpahginmljdgbhooeje" target="_top">sponsorship thread</a> started last week evolved into a discussion about whether is right to
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document non-free software, even if it runs on Linux. However, it was generally agreed that we would have to drop a lot of documents if we were going to be that fierce about the subject.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="feedback"></a>6. HOWTO contribute to TLDP</h1>
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<p>The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to help TLDP, consider joining <tt class=
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"email"><<a href="mailto:discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org">discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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<p>Help us create this newsletter. We need volunteers who follow the community (mailing lists, newsgroups, web channels) and report events related to free software documentation. Write to us at
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<tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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<p>LDP Weekly News is compiled and edited by Machtelt Garrels and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag with help from several other people.</p>
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