Re: [OT] free novels vs free software documentation

2003-05-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, 14 May 2003, Mark Rafn wrote: [snip areas of broad agreement] > I can't think of a freedom that is useful for program documentation that > it not equally important for a novel. Likewise software itself -> > documentation. Modifiability. The subject of a novel is far more static than

[OT] free novels vs free software documentation

2003-05-15 Thread Mark Rafn
[I think we basically agree, so I've marked this OT] > > > Documentation relating to software needs to be really free, in order > > > that we can manipulate it in far more interesting ways (such as > > > refcarding it, embedding it as online help, or updating it because of > > > advances in the pr