Another benefit of Marcia writing a Linux guide is that it could be used, with her approval, as a template for other guides. Maybe I am being too optimistic but I expect most of the topics would be the same among the three guides and the general organization should be the same.
Francis On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 10:32 PM marcia wilbur <ai...@well.com> wrote: > 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: > > https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ > Under the following terms: > Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the > license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable > manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your > use. > > 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. > This requires attribution and indication changes were made with a deriv > > [ ... ] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
