discuss: The Debian-Jigdo HOWTO
Subject:
The Debian-Jigdo HOWTO
From:
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Date:
28 Jan 2009 19:19:41 +0000
Message-Id: <432cd8760901281118j504a41ebg6fc4b0a2850e1d57@mail.gmail.com>
For archival purposes, this is what Peter Jay Salzman has to say about
his HOWTO. He's willing to have it GFDL'd on condition that he
maintains final veto over any changes to the 'official' documentation.
Can we do this or will he have to pick another license?
Borden
On 05/01/2009, Peter Jay Salzman ####@####.#### wrote:
> Hi Borden,
>
> You're doing good work. Thanks for doing this.
>
> 0. I am the author of the Debian-jigdo howto.
>
> 1. I would like to maintain the published the published document.
>
> 2. I would like for others to be able to edit the document, as long as I
> maintain final editorial control (e.g. if someone starts putting
> objectionable or irrelevent material in the document, I want the authority
> to remove the edits. I would also like the authority to fix spelling and
> grammar). A wiki sounds like a perfect medium for that.
>
> 3. IANAL, but as long as I retain final editorial control of the document,
> I'm happy with the license if you are. I understand that someone can fork
> my work and release it under a different name. I'm fine with that.
> If you're happy with the license, and I have final editorial authority (with
> the provisio that anyone can create a derivative work), go ahead and change
> the license.
>
> 4. Yes. Sounds great.
>
> 5. If you have a banner icon for webpages, I'll display it on www.dirac.org.
>
> Thanks for doing this.
>
> Pete
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun 04 Jan 09, 3:41 PM, Borden Rhodes ####@####.#### said:
>> Good afternoon, Peter,
>> I am a reviewer for and supporter of TLDP. We are currently trying to
>> determine the status of all the documents in TLDP's repository. Many
>> pages there are outdated, and we hope to update and improve them. In
>> order to achieve that, the current TLDP staff (including myself)
>> collect information about the documents (HOWTOs, articles, and
>> others).
>> According to TLDP documents, you are the author of the Debian-Jigdo HOWTO.
>> Could you please answer the following questions?
>> 1. Would you like to maintain your published document?
>> 2. Would you like your document to be editable by others? We set up
>> our wiki to make possible that scenario, in hopes of attracting more
>> people to support, maintain, and update pages there.
>> 3. Do you agree your HOWTO being copied to the wiki WITH the new
>> default TLDP Licence, http://wiki.tldp.org/LdpWikiDefaultLicence? (It
>> is GFDL v. 1.2 without invariant sections.) You can find TLDP's wiki
>> at wiki.tldp.org. The GFDL enjoys widespread use for documentation.
>> You can find a reference copy at
>> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.2-standalone.html .
>> 4. Do you agree to your HOWTO being managed via the wiki (controlling
>> the editing process, releasing versions for deployment to the static
>> mirrored pages)?
>> And a personal request, since we have limited resources, very limited,
>> I would remark: We need every help available in spreading the idea of
>> and information about TLDP. I would like to ask for your support and
>> help. Tell others, and spread the news of and information about TLDP
>> and our new project - TLDP wiki.
>> You could find TLDP's wiki at wiki.tldp.org, Also a discussion for the
>> new TLDP manifesto - http://wiki.tldp.org/WikiManifesto And the
>> Getting Involved page -
>> http://wiki.tldp.org/Rewriting%20Manifesto/GettingInvolved
>> Thank you in advance.
>> Borden Rhodes
>
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