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underway@comcast.net (Gary W. Swearingen) writes:
> In the case of the FDP, I think there's an extra problem: the source
> language of the documentation is too complex for a project without
> paid grunt workers.

Anyone who is reasonably familiar with HTML can learn enough DocBook
to contribute to the FDP in a matter of minutes.  There is also
excellent documentation on DocBook online - see for instance:

  http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/documentation/reference/

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