From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 23:12:55 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A95916A4CF; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:12:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FE5A43D45; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:12:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-b166.otenet.gr [212.205.244.174]) j0PNCivF024513; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:12:49 +0200 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0PNCeS7001888; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:12:40 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0PNCdvG001887; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:12:39 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:12:39 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Tom Rhodes , Narayan Newton Message-ID: <20050125231239.GA1644@gothmog.gr> References: <1106507620.21768.1.camel@raven.nodomain.org> <20050125121058.GD8499@unixpages.org> <20050125104814.1436e114@mobile.pittgoth.com> <20050125155003.2a1754f6@mobile.pittgoth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050125155003.2a1754f6@mobile.pittgoth.com> cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slackware Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:12:55 -0000 Narayan Newton wrote: > We at MadPenguin.org are creating a website to recreate the FreeBSD > handbook for the Slackware Linux distribution. The quality and > completeness of the FreeBSD docs is unparalleled in Linux. We feel > that a "Slackware Handbook" would be very useful to many people. Tom Rhodes wrote: > Personally, I'd like the "Contributed by ..." to stay for sections > which have them. Having those sections shown to a wider audiance > would help with spelling/grammar/correction fixes and the person(s) > responsible would be easier to find by contributors who may want to > submit patches. > [...] > If no one else makes any comments then I think you're good > to go since there has been more than enough time for support or > objections to have been made. Thanks! Slackware is the most BSD-like of the Linux distributions out there. For that reason and many others it has been my favorite since forever. It _was_ the first Linux distribution I ever installed too :-) Having said that, I think that the distribution terms of the FreeBSD documentation, as stated in our online versions of the web site and the docs *do* allow Slackware folks to use parts of the documentation. This is definitely something that may benefit both sides: - More eyes will look at the FreeBSD docs, possibly submitting fixes and/or additions. - The Slackware Handbook will have lots of material to start with, which usually serves as a good motive for more people to get involved early. - If the Slackware Handbook uses a "compatible" set of distribution terms, we may even import back some of the material Linux people write in our own Handbook. This sounds definitely good :-) Giorgos