Marcia, Thank you for the license links and your appraisal.
Your choosing GNU Linux to feature will be welcome. There are also some variations to consider, since different desktop Linux distributions may have somewhat different application appearance and, in particular, install differences when AOO is not furnished by the distribution. I don't know if you consider BSD Unix and FreeBSD within your reach or not. The CC-By licensing will be favorable there. Also, some Linux distros might provide AOO as an installable option. I think BSD also did that, in the past. I don't know if the practice has been continued. There is now a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as a native subsystem (not just under a VM). I have no idea whether anyone uses AOO for production use in that case, but a reviewer might with regard to checking your Getting Started drafts. The installation of WSL improves with each W10 release, and the ability to launch Windows apps from the WSL (and vice versa) is improving all the time. <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10>. I wish you success in creation of a Getting Started guide that is oriented to what Linux users will see and need to know for successful application of Apache OpenOffice Linux-targeted release versions. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: marcia wilbur <ai...@well.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 21:32 To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Getting Started Guide (was Proposed Process for Documentation) Hi. According to CC 3.0 - there must be information regarding changes being made in general. "if changes were made" However, I did not see any indication of specifics (that might be time consuming but maybe like a changelog for docs) Here is the link to cc 3.0 info [orcmid] <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> and also <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/> [orcmid] No additional restrictions - You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits. I did not realize the GNU Linux user base was so low... even then. However, I will continue the effort for the 3% or so - because I'm weird like that. I started the Get Started, I'll see it through. Thank you for the information. In this case, I would say - an effort for the larger user base is important. Someone who is willing to take on the Windows content - making this more current would be a good idea. Are we using gitbox? I won't touch Windows, I don't have windows... but I can mark up and give feedback for that taming or whatever doc using OO and provide feedback/recommendations for documentation. However, do not associate me with any Windows effort - haha :) The feedback is for everyone. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Hamilton" <orc...@msn.com> To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 10:29:52 AM Subject: RE: Getting Started Guide (was Proposed Process for Documentation) Two things, 1. It is useful to know the demographics of Apache OpenOffice users. The latest board report does not break out downloads by platforms and languages any longer. In October 2015 this was the breakdown for AOO 4.1.1 downloads at that point in time: 87.7% were for Windows 9.1% were for Macintosh 3.2% were for everything else, including Linux The prevalent languages have tended to toggle between English and French. I would be surprised to learn that this pattern has changed in any significant way. The Community Forums activity might also be valuable in this respect, and easier to find. Of course, for documentation, how different platforms are supported is up to those willing to develop such documentation. I have no quarrel, especially for Getting Started, with addressing whatever platforms an author wants to specialize for to accommodate the readers. 2. I understand that the contributor of a document under CC-BY specifies how attribution is to be made. I am not aware that there is any requirement to specify the changes made. Normally, one simply provides the attribution and source of the document(s) on which the derivative is based. Marcia, can you point us to where in the CC-BY description that changes must be identified? - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: marcia wilbur <ai...@well.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 02:28 To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Getting Started Guide (was Proposed Process for Documentation) [orcmid] [ ... ] One thing to mention - is the taming doc is under CC 3.0. 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