Re: HTML help documents
Bart Oldeman <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freedos.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Rob Platt wrote: > >> Anyway, the HTML documents are GPL, so I can arrange something > >> for these. > > > > As long as they are rewritten. You cannot claim GPL on documents > > that are really (c) MS :) > > The only documents that are worth keeping are the index file (help.htm) > and the (c) MS files! Actually there are no specific statements of > authorship, what license covers the HTML documents etc. I'm not a > lawyer: I absolutely *refuse* to work on something unless it is clearly > free and open, and legally so. basically, it was pointed out by Tom last year that at least part has just searched and replaced MSDOS by FreeDOS. I had a quick look. Some sentences are exactly the same but much of it is different. Look at the introduction to "LABEL" for one example; Tom can probably point out more. > So I'm going to start a HTML help documentation project, under the GNU > documentation license etc. It will have subprojects and small, > clearly-defined tasks that people can contribute towards. And it will be > made clear to all contributors that they must use the GNU license. I would suggest the following (if you have access to MSDOS/Win9x help) - * compare what each says about this or that command. * if at least one (non-trivial) sentence is exactly the same, write down that command somewhere, delete the FreeDOS version and write it the new help in your own words (a few days later). For other commands like diskcopy and mem the htmlhelp is completely different so there's no need to change or rewrite. Bart ---------- list options/archives/etc.: http://www.topica.com/lists/fd-dev unsubscribe: send blank email to: [email protected] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rv5.bafB3U Or send an email to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================