At 06:40 PM 10/05/2006, you wrote:

>On 5/10/06, Martijn Tonies <m.tonies@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > I saw the other thread with Ann and Jim complaining about documentation
> > ,
> > I
> > > think we can do something
> > > 1.We can take the old ib6.x docs and put them in html format online
> > > Take a look at this doc (view as html)
> > > http://www.google.com/search?q=GDML+(Data+Manipulation+Language)+Syntax
> >
> > Can't. Copyright issues -- the docs weren't open sourced.
>
>
>Then we can start from firebird notes (documentation from scratch) with the
>structure to be like the one
>they have on postgresql/mysql/php
>
>ps: even if they are not open source (the old ib6.x docs) we can unzip them
>and put them online as pdf docs
>to be indexed by google/yaboo/msn (also can be linked with view as html like
>google does)

No, Marius, you are wrong, *we* can't, unless we want to line
ourselves up for legal action by Borland.

However, there are plenty of copies around the web that can be
downloaded. The trick is to Google the PDF name of *any* volume in
the set: you'll soon find a site that has them available.

In any case, a pretty comprehensive user manual for Firebird 2.0/1.5
is on the way, from our Docs project. It is a massive job with waaay
too few helpers, but it is on the way, and multi-lingual to boot.

Don't make unnecessary stress for yourself by supposing everything is
fact just because Jim Starkey Said So. You don't have to work up a
sweat to find out what's happening in documentation. You just need
to visit the Firebird website some time. Development | Firebird
Documentation from the top menu on any page will take you to the
pages where you can ascertain the facts AND maybe even DO something,
if you feel strongly enough about it.

Helen