Re: HTML help documents
Aitor Santamaria Merino <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freedos.devel |
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Bart Oldeman wrote: >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. > An extreme example happened to xkeyb, which I inherited from Dietmar Höhmann, and which isn't commandline compatible to MS-KEYB. I have planned to change this some day, but in the meantime, at least I tried to submit an up-to-date version of the help file. I guess it is easier if all the maintainers submit not only their LSMs, but also a brief HTML for help. After all, if I recall correctly, the HTML files are just quoted between the "literal" tag (that I can't remember). Other posibilities would be that developers compromise to pack with the programs just one more file (like changes.txt, copying.txt,...) called syntax.txt or the like, where the syntax is briefly described, with notes if neccessary, and possibly examples (as in MS-DOS Help files), and related commands. The last (and most difficulting) is for the HTML-Help maintainer to try * /? and guess the help, but I guess this is much harder. Aitor ---------- 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 ==^================================================================