Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:12:39 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org>, Narayan Newton <narayannewton@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slackware Handbook Message-ID: <20050125231239.GA1644@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20050125155003.2a1754f6@mobile.pittgoth.com> 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>
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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 :-)
Giorgos
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