So this brings up some issues. The SH docs right now include
some text from the apache docs, but most of it is a rewrite. If you
restrict the new docs for a commercial use then does commercial
documentation have to be a clean room effort?

> No better way to screw up discussions than to mention licensing.  I don't
> think the code license is appropriate for high quality documentation.  Our
> current manual, while extensive, is not "book ready".  But it's possible
> that this project would produce something which is book ready.  We do not
> want someone to be able to print it and reap profits off our work... 
> unlike software which is high overhead (nobody would buy from a
> fly-by-night, they look for support, etc.), books don't usually come with
> support contracts. 
> 
> Just food for thought.  The documentation must be free, but it could have
> commercial restrictions added to it.
> 
> Dean
> 
> 


-- 
Sameer Parekh                                   Voice:   510-986-8770
President                                       FAX:     510-986-8777
C2Net
http://www.c2.net/                              [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to