On 1/11/2021 1:04 AM, Dave Fisher wrote: > Hi Keith, > > If documentation is being moved to Gitbox/GitHub then we should use a new > repository. OpenOffice-Docs or something else? > > Regards, > Dave > > Sent from my iPhone
OpenOffice-Docs sounds good to me. The only question is how we structure it. I am very new to GitHub so that I could use some help on what would be the most appropriate method would be.I had envisioned doing it by software version with a Review and Published branch under each. Regards Keith > >> On Jan 10, 2021, at 2:12 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Keith N. McKenna wrote: >>>>> https://www.apache.org/foundation/license-faq.html#GPL >>> I was a bit confused myself when I first read it, but why post it on an >>> ASF FAQ site if it doesn't grant reciprocity? >> >> Because, if I recall correctly, back at the time the two Foundations worked >> together in order to achieve compatibility (which of course can only go one >> way: the GPL puts more restrictions, so it's impossible to use GPL code in >> Apache releases). >> >> And by the way, the entire GPL discussion is useless since the wiki contents >> will never go in a release anyway, as Dave pointed out. So people touting >> the "compatibility" are misunderstanding or trolling. >> >> Fact is, unless one has something personal against other open-source >> licenses, people can perfectly work on documentation that is not under ALv2 >> (or that is under ALv2 only for the new sections) on the wiki. Unlike other >> Foundations, the ASF is rather liberal, or unopinionated, about other >> licenses, provided the deliverables are never part of a release; we never >> included user guides with releases, so I think we are fine and I agree with >> the "narrow" interpretation of the word "release" as defined in >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-552 >> >> Regards, >> Andrea. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>
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