This certainly states the Apache position clearly, Eike. Since I already have a CLA in file (it only hurt for a moment) it would be silly for me to argue the case for undocumented contribution any more. The most sensible route, IMO, is to offer a wiki with 3 contributor levels. 1. Registered users who checkbox a creative-commons eula, or Apache license agreement. This gives us the ability to run the wiki, and to edit or delete user content as required. I imagine these users will only be able to comment on articles, and I expect most of them to abstain. 2. People with CLAs on file, who ike to write how-tos and pages. These people will be allowed to edit eachother's contributions. 3. Committers who vet and edit the writings of the #2 committers (and eachother) for possible inclusion in the official documentation. Persons who perceive this as an honour will write in the wiki. Persons what consider this structure to be an enormous pita will probably still write in wikipedia, where the contributors are mostly of type #2.
Wolf On Aug 2, 2011 6:47 PM, "Eike Rathke" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rob, > > On Tuesday, 2011-08-02 13:18:37 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: > >> > And we should look around at some of the TLP project wikis that allow public contributions. >> >> Pass along some links if you find some good examples. > > I think these explain well what needs to be considered for project > documentation wikis and that it is allowed to use conventional wikis: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CWIKI/Index#Index-Ifweusethewikitomaintainprojectdocumentation%2Carethereanyspecialconsiderations%3F > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CWIKI/Index#Index-Butwhatifwewouldlikethecommunityatlargetohelpmaintainthespace%3F > > | the touch point is whether you want to reserve the right to bundle the > | documentation with a release and/or check a copy into an ASF repository > > > Eike > > -- > PGP/OpenPGP/GnuPG encrypted mail preferred in all private communication. > Key ID: 0x293C05FD - 997A 4C60 CE41 0149 0DB3 9E96 2F1A D073 293C 05FD
