On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 03:43:17AM +0500, A. Mani wrote: > Re: Mission statement questions (Karsten Wade) > Karsten Wade <kwade@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Docs_Project_mission_statement > > > > * One point is that we do document technology recommendations; > > * However, those recommendations should come from the developers, we > > just document them; > > > > No objections to my recommendation for a new mission statement, other > > than un-specifying tools (wiki), which I agree with, and consideration > > about the technology recommendations. > > > > My conclusion is to include language such as, "we document technology > > recommendations." Here's the reasoning - you may be an expert and > > making a recommendation, but that is as an expert; the _team's_ > > mission is to document experts. Compare to how Wikipedia requires a > > reference; an expert cannot come and say, "I know this should be > > such-and-so," they have to point at another article somewhere where > > they as an expert declare such-and-so. This method prevents the > > documenters from having to judge the expertise level of experts. We > > ask other teams for their information, they decide amongst themselves > > who knows best and what are the right answers, and pass it over. > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Docs_Project_mission_statement#Revised_final_proposal > > > > Revised final proposal > > > > The mission of the Fedora Documentation Project is to provide > > documentation to users and contributors to improve the overall usage > > and experience of Fedora. We do that by overseeing > > community-maintained content, explaining the usage of certain pieces > > of software or systems, and documenting technology recommendations > > and for special events (releases, etc). In pursuit of this work, the > > Docs Project creates and works with 100% free/libre and open source > > software, content, tools, and processes to create a reusable > > documentation system that is buildable from source by anyone and > > free forever. > > > > Any final thoughts here on list? > > The sentences appear long. > > Ignorant newbies may misinterpret the last line. It should be like.... > "system. Interested people are free to reuse the document source under > the CCSA license." > Otherwise it is fine. Unfortunately that revision doesn't capture the spirit and intent of the original, which is that the build tools themselves are fully free as in freedom. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com -- docs mailing list docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/docs