discuss: Dealing with poor maintenance by maintainers
Subject:
Re: Dealing with poor maintenance by maintainers
From:
Colin Watson ####@####.####
Date:
13 May 2002 00:24:23 -0000
Message-Id: <20020513002422.GA7496@arborlon.riva.ucam.org>
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 04:26:29PM -0700, David Lawyer wrote:
> Togan Muftuoglu wrote:
> > I would say the licence should be changed so that if an HOWTO is
> > accepted "tldp" has the right to proofread and fix the bugs either
> > discovered during proofreading phase or whenever appropriate.
>
> It's best to have only the maintainer doing this. As for the license, I
> think we should come up with a licesense with options. One option
> would be that the doc can't be modified unless it is not adequately
> maintained. Then someone else could take over a doc which isn't being
> maintained. The other option(s) would allow modification without the
> consent of the copyright owner.
At the risk of another licence debate, I for one would appreciate it if
people were encouraged to put this kind of maintenance issue somewhere
other than the licence; that way it would remain clear that the document
is free / open source / what have you, by allowing modifications ...
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Colin Watson ####@####.####
