discuss: MoreTLDP Job Descriptions
Subject:
Re: MoreTLDP Job Descriptions
From:
Jorge Godoy ####@####.####
Date:
10 Mar 2005 18:24:23 -0000
Message-Id: <87k6ofpdf6.fsf@jupiter.g2ctech>
Mathieu Deschamps ####@####.#### writes:
> I' am on the same idea precisely and you have partly answered. So when an
> author give up (what's in the name BTW) his doc what responsibilities still
> encombs to him ? Not more maintaining for sure so why mentionning in that
> statement since he give it up ? Do you see what I mean ? Up to a point it
> seems compulsary to publish...
When he gives up he can assign it to somebody else or it can be adopted by
another person, if the license permits it. We've been checking the licenses
of several documents because of that: to ensure that if the author silently
disappears, we can update the document and assign a new maintainer to it.
> Maybe it is too bad to do this but after all there could be many good reasons
> (voluntarian engagement included) an author to leave his doc unmaintained,
> let's say a part-time author is busy for a while...
We either have to wait or have his authorization to work with the document if
the license demanded us to (or if there's no license or just to be polite).
There are also author rights and all that stuff to consider.
I think that asking for a license that allow us to assign a new maintainer if
we can't find the author or if he gives up from the document is the safest
option. If none of these things happen, we have to:
- create a new document and drop the old one from the library
- create a complementary document and keep both
- try to convince the author of updating the document
It should be really thought up well, so that we don't have problems later...
--
Godoy. ####@####.####
