discuss: Linux Networking How-To: Maintainership and Wiki'fying at Wikibooks
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Re: [discuss] Linux Networking How-To: Maintainership and Wiki'fying at Wikibooks
From:
"Sean Peterson" ####@####.####
Date:
23 Jul 2008 10:26:55 +0100
Message-Id: <f34655900807230226g72df5b0al53cf826f9a3e91e0@mail.gmail.com>
It seems to me that how-tos were written originally under a "single
author" model. Though in some cases the author involved or received
input from others, the final product was still released mainly by a
single person, who incorporated erratas and suggestions from readers,
and in some cases did not include clear copyrights. That was the past
model we inherited and to continue to use it simply perpetuates the
bottlenecks and licensing issues inherent in the original methods and
practices.
In contrast, the content of wikipedia is covered under GNU Free
Documentation License (GFDL) and legally facilitates collaboration
between multiple authors, which was already technically possible
through versions.
I looked at wikibooks and wikisource (free library) and IMHO the
latter is probably the best place for the How-tos, assuming we can get
permission from the original author to distribute their work under
GFDL. If we don't have their permission, then a complete rewrite might
be necessary (assuming the particular how-to is still relevant).
It would be good to keep the original how-tos in some repository for
historical reasons, but moving forward we benefit by using the
collaboration model of the wikipedia and wikisource projects. In fact,
I propose we join them and use their server/facilities.
If control is a concern, we should look into ways to clone or mirror
them. We act as a back up if nothing else.
If format is a concern, then we should look for a tool that can crawl
their website and compile a book of your favorite format that consists
of all the Linux how-tos -- perhaps identified by some tag or keyword
associated like TLDP. I for one am interested a tool that would
generate an LRF or ePUB format files for readers like the Sony PRS-505
or Amazon's Kindle.
What do you think?
-Sean.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 3:35 AM, Sergiusz Pawlowicz
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> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 3:59 AM, O.R.Senthil Kumaran
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>> I was seeking advice more in terms, like "Can I be assigned the maintainer of Linux Networking How-To" which is currently unmaintained and in that case, can I maintain my Document in the
> Wikibooks site, which I found it useful.
>
> Hi, I think we need to discuss it, as I did not see any answers.
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