Retitled - "License for the new manual" (was "Any chance we can make some docs.....") Also copying in Sylvain, since he's been working on translation. I know there's another translator, but I can't seem to open the manual today, to look it up. So if someone knows who that is, please copy them in to this new thread.
> We should sort out what license we will offer the new manual under as a first step, before starting any work. We need to reach a consensus before work can proceed. Well, considering work has already started on the manual (the translating part), we might be a little behind the 8 ball. But I agree that we need to nail down the license asap. Retitling this to start the discussion. > Also, according to https://fr.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/about-this-book/ This document is GPL v3. I recommend against choosing this license, as it requires all other content used along with the parts of it to be gpl 3, which is unnecessarily restrictive, especially for a document of this type. Well that's the same license as Inkscape. How is it too restrictive? For me, the main point is that it needs a license that will allow anyone to edit it. We can't get stuck with an outdated manual and have no way to edit it (as a community), ever again. All best, brynn -----Original Message----- From: C R Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2017 4:22 AM To: brynn Cc: Nicolas Dufour ; Maren Hachmann ; inkscape-devel ; Inkscape-Docs Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] [Inkscape-devel] Any chance we can make some docs material? (targeting the moon) Also, according to https://fr.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/about-this-book/ This document is GPL v3. I recommend against choosing this license, as it requires all other content used along with the parts of it to be gpl 3, which is unnecessarily restrictive, especially for a document of this type. We should sort out what license we will offer the new manual under as a first step, before starting any work. We need to reach a consensus before work can proceed. -C On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:14 AM, C R <caj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is anyone discussing a copyrighted book or manual at this point? If > so, let's not. It's Copyleft or Public Domain. No proprietary books or > content should be included in official Inkscape documentation. We need > to be able to freely revise, edit, distribute without the legal > entanglements. > > -C > > On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 8:28 AM, brynn <br...@frii.com> wrote: >>> - How does version control work for booktype? >> >> >> This question will probably make more sense when you make the next post you >> promised from a different message. I had asked why we were talking about >> using gitlab and all that, if we were still focused on the FLOSS >> translation/manual. And you said you had an idea to present that you didn't >> have time at that moment. >> >> I can't really see a marriage of these 2 projects (free manual, copyrighted >> book of tutorials). But I'm looking forward to hearing your proposal :-) >> >> All best, >> brynn >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Maren Hachmann >> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 1:28 PM >> To: Nicolas Dufour ; brynn ; C R >> Cc: inkscape-devel ; Inkscape-Docs >> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] [Inkscape-devel] Any chance we can make some >> docs material? (targeting the moon) >> >> >> Hi Nicolas :D, >> >> thank you! >> >> What I would like to know (and what is now buried deep in the email >> stream) is: >> >> - How does version control work for booktype? Could it be combined with >> a git repository, or does it use a fully independent system? >> (I couldn't find a direct hint, maybe it's just using the django >> database to keep track of changes/edits?) >> >> - What is the source file format of booktype? Markdown? (guessing from >> the requirements for pip) >> >> Regards, >> Maren >> >> Am 01.05.2017 um 21:08 schrieb Nicolas Dufour: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm just back from two weeks away, and as the thread is very long now >>> I didn't find time to read everything. Sorry if I'm off-topic. >>> >>> Le Lundi 1 mai 2017 13h07, Maren Hachmann <ma...@goos-habermann.de> a >>> écrit : >>>> >>>> I only wish Nicolas or Elisa could be here to give us some more >>>> in-depth >>> >>> >>>> info about their server's capabilities >>> >>> >>> >>> Not sure what you mean. Of course the Inkscape project can use the >>> French FM server for the translation, but note that an English >>> version also exists (http://write.flossmanuals.net/). It would >>> probably be easier to work on the English server directly. >>> >>> >>>> and their book's licencing. >>> >>> >>> If I remember correctly, the GPLv2 was the first license that was >>> chosen when the FM project was created about 10 years ago, and some >>> books still use it. But the server allows users to choose a different >>> license when creating a new book (CC, GPL, PD). As for the Inkscape >>> book, I see it's under a GPLv3. I don't know if it can be changed >>> (and how) or not. Elisa could probably give more details. >>> >>> Regards, -- Nicolas >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-docs mailing list Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs