Subject Re: [Firebird-Architect] Open Source and Open Documentation
Author Jim Starkey
Helen Borrie wrote:

>At 03:10 AM 5/09/2006, jas@... wrote:
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>>There have been any number of attempts to create open documentation for
>>Firebird. To the best of my knowledge, all have failed.
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>The best of your knowledge is not good enough. The Firebird-docs
>project hasn't failed. It's an ongoing project that anyone serious
>about documentation can contribute to, either to edit and update
>existing material or to add new stuff. It's open document under
>Creative Commons licensing. And you can contribute plain text if you
>really can't get your head around DocBook XML.
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Great. Where can I see it? What's the URL?

>The offer of a machine to host docs is great. Currently we've got
>source, software, binaries and HTML scattered between the Sourceforge
>CVS, SF FTP and our webserver. If your offer isn't weighted with the
>obligation to use Wiki format and/or some proprietary tools, I
>suggest re-posting it to the firebird-docs list.
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Nope, no restrictions except as stated: A license at least as open as
IDPL and no restrictions on access or redistribution. Oh, the offer
isn't exclusive. You can't claim it as your own. If someone else has
an idea that might work, he or she gets the same access.



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Jim Starkey
Netfrastructure, Inc.
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