Mentioning open source softwares

2009-11-28 Thread Helen Borrie
At 12:41 AM 28/11/2009, mathieu jacquet wrote: >Dear all, > >is there any "rule" about how to mention open source software in technical >documentation? "Open source" means that the source code of the software is available to anyone under a licence. Its terms and restrictions apply to the usage

Mentioning open source softwares

2009-11-27 Thread mathieu jacquet
Dear all, is there any rule about how to mention open source software in technical documentation? The software I am currently documenting (MashUp Composer) requires from users that they run a database creation script. To do so, they need to launch a DB administration tool such as MySQL

Re: Mentioning open source softwares

2009-11-27 Thread Helen Borrie
At 12:41 AM 28/11/2009, mathieu jacquet wrote: Dear all, is there any rule about how to mention open source software in technical documentation? Open source means that the source code of the software is available to anyone under a licence. Its terms and restrictions apply to the usage of the