Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:09:19 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Slackware Handbook Message-ID: <20050125210919.75480649@mobile.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <20050125231239.GA1644@gothmog.gr> References: <1106507620.21768.1.camel@raven.nodomain.org> <20050125121058.GD8499@unixpages.org> <20050125104814.1436e114@mobile.pittgoth.com> <f6f81e805012512226695358c@mail.gmail.com> <20050125155003.2a1754f6@mobile.pittgoth.com> <20050125231239.GA1644@gothmog.gr>
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:12:39 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> wrote: > Narayan Newton <narayannewton@gmail.com> 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 <trhodes@freebsd.org> 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 :-) My point exactly. :) -- Tom Rhodes
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