discuss: Dealing with poor maintenance by maintainers
Subject:
Re: Dealing with poor maintenance by maintainers
From:
john meshkoff ####@####.####
Date:
16 May 2002 03:11:39 -0000
Message-Id: <3CE3239E.78B25010@sivakalpa.org>
David Lawyer wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 12:22:22PM -0400, Tabatha Persad wrote:
> > So far my list is fairly short - these are things that could definitely be
> > addressed by a process/policy manual:
> > - Process for unmaintained or abandoned documentation
> > - Licensing Requirements
>
> Licensing Requirements are in the Manifesto on our site. Have you read
> it? It may need revising.
>
> I'm thinking of writing a HOWTO on licenses. It's my opinion that all
> the licenses that I've seen are unsatisfactory.
That's a very good idea; when I wrote my (first) HOWTO, I didn't know
what to use. I've seen a lot of variations in the HOWTO's I looked at
seeking an example; with so little consistency, that didn't help, so I
used David's "boilerplate" example from the "manifesto". That seemed
like maybe there should be more to it, but IANAL! :)
They don't protect the
> work from adding advertising to it (including animated advertising).
> The don't require that the only the latest copies be distributed on the
> internet, unless they are labeled otherwise. In this HOWTO I would
> discuss these and all the other problems in detail.
I definitely encourage you to write a good HOWTO on licensing; would
really help beginners like myself.
Thanks, John
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John Meshkoff johnm at sivakalpa dot org
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"I do not know that I know the self fully;
neither do I know that I know him not" ... from the Upanishads
