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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:05:00 +0100
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 04:21:33PM +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> The O'Reilly style guide looks quite good.  How about simply linking
> to it (as a suggestion/recommendation to authors) on the documentation
> project page, rather than copying it or seeking to formally co-opt
> it? =20

Because the O'Reilly site says it changes frequently.  I'd like to get
notice when that happens (yes, I know there are websites that'll do this
for you, but I'd like to give O'Reilly the opportunity to be involved).
Who knows, maybe we can convince them to put it under a BSD license. . .

N
--=20
FreeBSD: The Power to Serve             http://www.freebsd.org/
FreeBSD Documentation Project           http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/

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