>Following the discussions at EIndhoven,here is what has been agreed upon, >Tony TEBBY also having agreed to it:
This is good news, a positive step forward. And having someone as highly regarded as you in the QL world as registrar will be a popular move I am sure. >I HOPE you can agree with this. I KNOW some of you will not. I have understood the bit about no charge in giving copies. As someone running a PD library I'll mention here I'm happy to adhere strictly by this. >I HAVE donned my flameproof vest... No need I am sure... I suspect you'll get more 'hate mail' for the length of the email not the content ;-) (says he having just virtually taken over Quanta newsletter with a single review and been reminded of the fact by at least a dozen readers so far) >Is anyone interested in doing a nice documentation package? So many people out there >have protested about no documentation being available. NOW is your chance to make a >contribution. Some time ago, I started on consolidating the SBASIC extras from the various SMSQ/E guides I have copies of from Jochen into the keywords section of the QL user guide. With everything else (QL Toady...PD library...software writing...lengthy articles about QPC2 taking over Quanta newsletter...) I doubt I'll be able to do a full documentation, but once the keyword guide is finished or a bit more advanced (the situation agreed with SMSQE gives me an incentive!) I'd be happy for this to be used in the 'official' docs if anyone else is considering doing a new manual. Don't forget the Sinclair manual is available for download on my website for anyone wanting to use this as the basis of a new manual, beware of copyright status on this though, as I'm not sure where you'd stand modifying a copyrighted text even though it's allowed to be freely distributed.
