Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Proposal: License Change for Manual And Standardization of Licenses for Official Docs

2007-10-20 Thread Chris Travers
On 10/20/07, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not that I have any objection to the change, but note that your proposed > license would not prevent the addition of invariant sections (or changes > and additions under pretty much any terms the author of the changes wants > to use). Fair en

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Proposal: License Change for Manual And Standardization of Licenses for Official Docs

2007-10-20 Thread John Hasler
Chris Travers writes: > 1) It would avoid the temptation to use invariant sections as personal > soap-boxes (the great example of this is the forced inclusion of the GNU > Manifesto in the EMACS manual). Not that I have any objection to the change, but note that your proposed license would not pre

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Ledger-smb-devel Digest, Vol 14, Issue 24

2007-10-20 Thread Chris Travers
On 10/20/07, David Mora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One day i was thinking on how could i implement an advanced payment module, > there is no way to define an account as "advance", this feature is very > important to handle > checks before invoice, and for some business, as the building sector. >

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Proposal: License Change for Manual And Standardization of Licenses for Official Docs

2007-10-20 Thread Jigme Datse
I really have no preference one way or the other, as I haven't really looked at this issue. The idea of changing the license with sufficient discussion appeals to me. The GNU Free Documentation License, I would think appropriate, but you probably know the restrictions and liberties it imposes on

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Ledger-smb-devel Digest, Vol 14, Issue 24

2007-10-20 Thread David Mora
One day i was thinking on how could i implement an advanced payment module, there is no way to define an account as "advance", this feature is very important to handle checks before invoice, and for some business, as the building sector. The ability to store an advance and to link it to ap/ar latt

[Ledger-smb-devel] Proposal: License Change for Manual And Standardization of Licenses for Official Docs

2007-10-20 Thread Chris Travers
Hi all; When I orignally wrote the document which would become the LedgerSMB manual, I licensed it under the GNU Free Documentation License. Since then I have received a number of complaints regarding the licensing terms of the manual. In general there seem to be a number of concerns that it mig