Start for a discussion about free documentation in Debian.

1998-08-07 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hello. This is my initial document I want the discussion to base on. If you consider parts of this to be controversial for you, you are welcome to participate and discuss the content on the Debian policy list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please follow up only to debian-policy. Thank you, Marcus Data Enti

RE: PROPOSAL: A mechanism for updating Debian Policy documents

1998-08-07 Thread Darren Benham
On 07-Aug-98 Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I propose we select/install a group of people who have access to the > CVS repository for the Policy documents; however, this set of people > behave more like maintainers rather than authors/editors. This group > does not create policy, not

PROPOSAL: A mechanism for updating Debian Policy documents

1998-08-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, This is my formal proposal for the Debian policy documents. Though this is being sent to beoth the -devel and the -policy lists, discussions of this proposal really belong on the policy lists, so please send comments to debian-policy@lists.debian.org (You do not need to be subscrib

Re: A proposal to revive the Policy document

1998-08-07 Thread Jules Bean
On 7 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Martin> b) A set of web pages covering recent topics has to be set > Martin> up and maintained. This could be master/~srivasta/ since > Martin> it's not "that" official but could also be somewhere on > Martin> the main server. [or use a d

Re: A proposal to revive the Policy document

1998-08-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Martin" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> a) A weekly status has to be posted to debian-policy. Hmm, I guess the weekly report I proposed posted to debian-devel can also be sent to debian-policy. Done. Martin> b) A set of web pages covering recent topics h

Re: [rms@gnu.org: Free Software Needs Free Documentation]

1998-08-07 Thread Jules Bean
On 7 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > However, I do not think that standards documents (and > possibly other categories [personal opinions come to mind]) benefit > from being modifiable. In fact, making a modifiable document a > standard undermines the validity and acceptance of the s

Re: [rms@gnu.org: Free Software Needs Free Documentation]

1998-08-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I think I agree with parts of this, as far as they go, as long as it pertains to *technical documentation* of software, in which case, if I am permitted to modify the code, I can see why I should be permitted to modify the documentation to describe the changes in behaviour. So, I c

Re: A proposal to revive the Policy document

1998-08-07 Thread Jules Bean
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: > I also like this proposal but I don't volunteer, some jobs should > not be connected to me ;-) > > However I'd like to add: > > a) A weekly status has to be posted to debian-policy. > > b) A set of web pages covering recent topics has to be set >

Re: [rms@gnu.org: Free Software Needs Free Documentation]

1998-08-07 Thread Jules Bean
It's probably worth adding that since RMS had his high-profile 'attack' on a man wearing an O'Reilly T-shirt, O'Reilly have come to consider the issues. The mod_perl book, I believe, will have at least one chapter free. Whilst this is not yet 'there', it's a foot in the door (www.modperl.com). I

Re: A proposal to revive the Policy document

1998-08-07 Thread Martin Schulze
I also like this proposal but I don't volunteer, some jobs should not be connected to me ;-) However I'd like to add: a) A weekly status has to be posted to debian-policy. b) A set of web pages covering recent topics has to be set up and maintained. This could be master/~srivasta/ since

[rms@gnu.org: Free Software Needs Free Documentation]

1998-08-07 Thread Martin Schulze
Hi, This is Richard Stallmans oppinion about free documentation. It might be useful in our discussion of a free license for documentation. Regards, Joey -- There are lies, statistics and benchmarks. --- Begin Message --- [Please repost this wherever it is appropriate.] A couple of wee