Hello Marcos, Talk about translating I could translate the docs to Swedish. Not sure there is any need for it but considering my prim language since birth been swedish and I now live in the States this shouldn't be a big problem ;P
MRAW> On 30 Nov 2001, Nick Burrett wrote: MRAW> -------------------8<snip,snip,snip>8------------------- >> >> Since this announcement, there seems to be several people suddenly offering >> their services to enhance this project. >> >> I'm just wondering why none of this voluntary work was never offered >> prior to Idaya announcing a non-free version of FreeVSD ? >> >> Curiously, MRAW> The short answer, nick, is that Idaya failed to understand MRAW> the open source community. Accent on _community_ MRAW> Even though FreeVSD used the GPL license, Idaya forgot that MRAW> a community requires much more. Developers, document MRAW> writers, even testers and users need to feel that they are a MRAW> vital part of the community. MRAW> I can see myself translating to Spanish some of webmin's MRAW> manuals whith no financial gain for me (the same way that MRAW> Joe cooper not only wrote the manual for free, but will MRAW> release the pdf's for free!). But I can not see myself doing MRAW> the same kind of job with FreeVSD, because I feel that I'm MRAW> doing it *for* Idaya, not *with* them or *for the MRAW> community*. MRAW> If you can't see this, if you don't understand this... well, MRAW> I really don't know how to explain it. MRAW> Cheers! MRAW> Marcos MRAW> ps: you can see below some of Dave's reasons... but, again, MRAW> I think, no, let me say, I know that the main problem for MRAW> many of the developers/programmers was the lack of a feeling MRAW> of a community project. It was never, never clear what was MRAW> the direction that Idaya wanted to go. That could be OK for MRAW> business.. it's not OK for the open source community. MRAW> 'nough said ;) MRAW> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Dave Cost wrote: >> Tired of waiting for idaya's 1.4.10 packages, the new kernel, the new skels >> etc etc.... and reading the provsd pricing model (ouch!) i took the coffe MRAW> -------------------8<snip,snip,snip>8------------------- >> Why? Because I can't expect more help from idaya. They're going commercial. >> FreeVSD will slowly die or at least updates/new features will come at much >> lower rate and much later than in provsd. They're not well funded and they >> need cash (and quick I would add). They may not be around next year. >> MRAW> -------------------8<snip,snip,snip>8------------------- >> >> I'm suggesdting that we create a new project that goes in parallel with >> FreeVSD. If idaya and us keep collaboration I would be more than happy. If >> not, we can move on our way. MRAW> ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- MRAW> Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support MRAW> Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support MRAW> Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support MRAW> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best regards, Eje Gustafsson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The Family Entertainment Network http://www.fament.com Phone : 620-231-7777 Fax : 620-231-4066 eBay UserID : macahan - Your fulltime professionals - ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
