Hi Uwe, Uwe Fischer wrote: > On 01/08/09 22:26, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: >> Even though hundreds of people are members of OOoAuthors and/or the >> OOo Documentation Project, very few actually contribute to writing, >> reviewing, or editing of user-documentation content (whether for books >> or on the wiki). A few years ago OOoAuthors at least had many more >> active members. > > > Is it still needed to sign a license agreement and send it somewhere > before you can publish any works as a new author?
This has never been needed for Documentation. Only for those uploading the documents on the cvs repository, the CA/JCA/SCA was or is needed. > > I read this is needed for code, see the paragraph near the end of page > http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/guidelines.html - but I don't know > about documentation authors. > > This might drive away many possible authors, just because there are so > many other projects in the world that might need support and don't throw > in some legalese stuff. When the change for SCA appears, this was one of my request to the AB, because I fully agree with you that this would have driven away contributors. However, I remember the PDL licence was also problematic, it has been seen by some contributors as a too difficult tool to follow changes. I like this licence so I don't see it like that, but others can may be express their concerns about it, if there is still any. Kind regards Sophie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org
