On 4/11/12 3:01 PM, Meho R. wrote: > On Wednesday 11 April 2012 14:19:11 Peter Nermander wrote: >> Most Open Source programs today lack documentation completely, because >> nobody wants to write it. Do you think potential authors become more >> motivated to the task if you tell them "anyone will be able to make a >> profit from your work"? >> >> /Peter > > Following that logic, I wonder what is motivation behind Scribus devs to made > Scribus a free app (and with no licence cost), meaning I'm allowed legally > and morally to sell it and made a fortune from it (which FSF actually > recommends: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html). > > I'm not sure about which apps you're talking, but I personally can't remember > using a FOSS app in last couple of years which doesn't come with at least > some basic infos about its usage or a man page. Saying that most of OSS lack > documentation completely is quite an exaggeration. >
Scribus comes with plenty of good documentation - check out SVN and you will see all the docs are included in our repository. Its the arse about distros that are messing it up. Craig
