discuss: Modernization/Re-Design of Website
Subject:
Re: [discuss] Modernization/Re-Design of Website
From:
Martin Wheeler ####@####.####
Date:
27 Apr 2011 13:46:46 +0100
Message-Id: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1104271328150.1742@chaucer.startext.demon.co.uk>
On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Bruce Hill wrote:
> Hear, hear. What began as a discussion about redesigning the website has
> digressed into markup languages and licenses.
Sadly. As usual.
> The process and format is killing the submission of documents
Absolutely agreed. So let's do something about it, shall we ?.
> If you want document writers, then hire or recruit them.
I say recruit them. From amongst TLDP volunteers.
Set up teams to take submitted documents, and convert them into :
PDF, HTML, DocBook, cuneiform, runes -- whatever.
A few people in each of a few specialist sub-groups.
> If you want documents, get rid of everything except the
> clause to submit in whatever form the author has
Go for it.
> let your document writers with experience in your preferred formats do
> whatever it is you want so that it's in whatever format.
Yup. Recruit separate teams of markup specialists. (As above.)
> If people could write in docbook or
> linuxdoc or html they would have done that in the first place.
That's the most intelligent thing I've ever read on this forum !
> My question: can a guide/HOW-TO/whatever be submitted without a license?
Of course it can. The real problem thereafter is just how anal the
document publishers are going to get about it.
As a group, we really have to make a decision -- what is more important --
content; or licensing conditions ?
(And I would add here, in the vein of comments made above, that if a
writer *really* cares about copyright considerations, then they wouldn't
submit to the TLDP in the first place. Let's concentrate on getting out
content; time enough to get anal about purist licensing afterwards.
Put a clear indication on the site to all potential writers :
"ANYTHING you submit to us, WILL get GPLed. So now you know."
Simples. //[for explanation, see : http://comparethemeerkat.com/]//
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