[osg-users] Re: OSG -- near future

2006-10-02 Thread Juhana Sadeharju
>From: Chris Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I think really, the issue of the license for the book content >should be up to the contributors. Yes, that is why I wish they did read the reasons for using Creative Commons or GNU document license. Many professional paid coders write free, open source

Re: [osg-users] Re: OSG -- near future

2006-09-26 Thread Radu Mihai
On 26-Sep-06, at 12:20 PM, Paul Martz wrote: I think any book, even a Gems-style book, requires (at least) an editor to give the book an overall consistent look and feel, ensure readability, etc. Many people making changes to a book, without a single "governor", will produce chaos if the c

Re: [osg-users] Re: OSG -- near future

2006-09-26 Thread Chris Hanson
Juhana Sadeharju wrote: Because OSG is being developed and the book authoring is difficult, the OSG book should come with Creative Commons or GNU document license. That way we would have a base book which any of us could extend later. For such successful book project, the Csound manual goes as a

RE: [osg-users] Re: OSG -- near future

2006-09-26 Thread Paul Martz
I think any book, even a Gems-style book, requires (at least) an editor to give the book an overall consistent look and feel, ensure readability, etc. Many people making changes to a book, without a single "governor", will produce chaos if the changes are anything other than trivial. -Paul

Re: [osg-users] Re: OSG -- near future

2006-09-26 Thread Radu Mihai
On 25-Sep-06, at 1:27 PM, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: Because OSG is being developed and the book authoring is difficult, the OSG book should come with Creative Commons or GNU document license. That way we would have a base book which any of us could extend later. For such successful book project,

[osg-users] Re: OSG -- near future

2006-09-25 Thread Juhana Sadeharju
Because OSG is being developed and the book authoring is difficult, the OSG book should come with Creative Commons or GNU document license. That way we would have a base book which any of us could extend later. For such successful book project, the Csound manual goes as a good example. No single p