discuss: Update AX25-HOWTO
Subject:
Re: Update AX25-HOWTO
From:
David Merrill ####@####.####
Date:
16 Aug 2001 13:23:03 -0000
Message-Id: <20010816092158.D2255@lupercalia.net>
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 08:26:56PM -0400, Jeff Tranter wrote:
> I'm planning to update and take over maintainership of the AX25 HOWTO. It hasn't been
> updated since October 1997. The first step is to convert it to DocBook. When I
> converted my two other HOWTOs from Linuxdoc to DocBook, someone had
> already put versions in CVS that were automatically converted to Docbook,
> but I don't see one for the AX25-HOWTO. Could someone point me to the tool
> that does the conversion, or convert it and send it to me (I know the conversion
> is not 100%, but it is a good starting point).
>
> Is there anything special I need to do to take over maintenance of this HOWTO?
> I haven't yet gotten hold of the author.
You do need to talk to the author, or at least make a good faith
attempt. This document is under the GPL, so you have the legal right
to maintain it, but you still need to make an attempt to do it the
`right' way.
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