discuss: Contacting TLDP authors. Status of the work.
Subject:
Re: [discuss] Contacting TLDP authors. Status of the work.
From:
jdd ####@####.####
Date:
16 Sep 2008 19:11:36 +0100
Message-Id: <48CFF6B2.6090201@dodin.org>
Mendel Cooper a écrit :
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, mhydra wrote:
>
>> Probably we will have problems with maintainers. What do you think?
>> Where to take maintainers from?
>
> A completely heretical idea:
>
> Ask IBM, Novell, HP, etc. for funding so the maintainers and other
> volunteers can actually be paid for their work.
not sure it will be a good idea. HOWTO used to change maintainers
often and be a collaborative work, very difficult to appreciate and pay.
God authors can share they expertise and money tham...
The problem I see is other.
who own the un-maintained documents?
LDP cannot. not registered. no legal existence.
I could propose if svetoslav agree (and if it's compatible with what
he said to them), for all non FGDL licenced documents:
* one of us (any) take maintainership;
* change licence as he can;
* seek for other maintainer.
much better if the temporary HOWTO owner can understand what the HOWTO
is about
I'm ready to start this ASAP if you all agree (and share)
the worst situation is the one where we can't find the old maintainer,
as we have to keep the licence. If the licence is resrictive, the
HOWTO will have to be put in "unmodifiable" folder.
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