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Free & Non-Free Documentation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-things-more-clear dept.

Guylhem writes "After the problems the LDP had with Debian rules, it seems clear we need an organization which would for example sort documentation between free (as "libre" or "freedom") and non free. After some discussions with people from the GNU project and the FSF, we came to the conclusion no such project already existed. I am please to announce that I am now starting the GNU Writing Movement with help from the GNU project. We will provide links to existing free documents, with a possibility to rate the documentation quality. The project is not competing with existing documentation project such as the LDP or GDP. It will complement them, both by serving somewhat as a meta-project for free software documentation, to provide help to authors willing to replace their FAQ or HOWTO will a full Guide on a specific topic, and to develop brand-new book-length material on many topics. " If you can't find a home for your documentation at an existing documentation project, and you agree with the philosophy of the GNU project, we can help you. Volunteers are welcome for the first phase of the project - cataloging existing free software documentation, rating it, and determining TODO lists for what needs to be documented.

13 of 209 comments (clear)

  1. first post by PMan88 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sorry, i just had to

  2. First Beowulf Cluster Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Neener neener weiner! look at me for i am FIRST BEOWULF CLUSTER POSTER and your MASTER!

  3. GNU Writing Movement? by BWindle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not to be confused with the 'GNU Bowel Movement'

  4. Please keep posts on topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nothing here has anything to do with the B-52's. God are they really going to be 80 years old? It seems like only yesterday that Love Shack came out. That is so sad.

  5. Re:This first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I still think its funny that "Alan Cox" is a anagram (though not very suttle) for "Anal Cox" and that Linus rimes with Penis and that "Anonymous Coward" is an anagram for "O ya - Onan cum words"

  6. rms versus gnome/kde by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    being affilated with the FSF isn't particuarly a good thing right now

    mainly because of these two things:
    rms and gnome don't particuarly like each other
    rms and kde don't particuarly like each other

  7. GN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am TREULY your biggest fan, but what /.
    needs is n0t a grammar natsi, but a an
    spelling natsi. thank you

  8. Re:Listen up Newton-boy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not to mention that Newton died a virgin. Hmm, I wonder why?

  9. TESTIFY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Testify!

  10. Actually.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    none of that is very funny at all, fag

  11. 3 words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    doomed for failure.

  12. Re:Leave the politics out of it. by RollingThunder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gah! Posting to revoke the mistaken mod. I meant "Insightful" and bumped the scrollwheel before clicking, turning it into "Redundant". NOT what I wanted to do.

  13. Re:Leave the politics out of it. by damiam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmmmm - still seems to be there. Is this a bug?

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