Retitled - "License for the new manual" (was "Any chance we can make some
docs.....")  Also copying in Sylvain, since he's been working on translation.  I
know there's another translator, but I can't seem to open the manual today, to
look it up.  So if someone knows who that is, please copy them in to this new
thread.

> We should sort out what license we will offer the new manual under as
a first step,  before starting any work. We need to reach a consensus
before work can proceed.

Well, considering work has already started on the manual (the translating part),
we might be a little behind the 8 ball.  But I agree that we need to nail down
the license asap.

Retitling this to start the discussion.

> Also, according to
https://fr.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/about-this-book/
This document is GPL v3.
I recommend against choosing this license, as it requires all other
content used along with the parts of it to be gpl 3, which is
unnecessarily restrictive, especially for a document of this type.

Well that's the same license as Inkscape.  How is it too restrictive?

For me, the main point is that it needs a license that will allow anyone to edit
it.  We can't get stuck with an outdated manual and have no way to edit it (as a
community), ever again.

All best,
brynn

-----Original Message-----
From: C R
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2017 4:22 AM
To: brynn
Cc: Nicolas Dufour ; Maren Hachmann ; inkscape-devel ; Inkscape-Docs
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] [Inkscape-devel] Any chance we can make some docs
material? (targeting the moon)

Also, according to
https://fr.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/about-this-book/

This document is GPL v3.
I recommend against choosing this license, as it requires all other
content used along with the parts of it to be gpl 3, which is
unnecessarily restrictive, especially for a document of this type.

We should sort out what license we will offer the new manual under as
a first step,  before starting any work. We need to reach a consensus
before work can proceed.

-C


On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:14 AM, C R <cajhne@...400...> wrote:
> Is anyone discussing a copyrighted book or manual at this point? If
> so, let's not. It's Copyleft or Public Domain. No proprietary books or
> content should be included in official Inkscape documentation. We need
> to be able to freely revise, edit, distribute without the legal
> entanglements.
>
> -C
>
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 8:28 AM, brynn <brynn@...3133...> wrote:
>>> - How does version control work for booktype?
>>
>>
>> This question will probably make more sense when you make the next post you
>> promised from a different message.  I had asked why we were talking about
>> using gitlab and all that, if we were still focused on the FLOSS
>> translation/manual. And you said you had an idea to present that you didn't
>> have time at that moment.
>>
>> I can't really see a marriage of these 2 projects (free manual, copyrighted
>> book of tutorials).  But I'm looking forward to hearing your proposal :-)
>>
>> All best,
>> brynn
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Maren Hachmann
>> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 1:28 PM
>> To: Nicolas Dufour ; brynn ; C R
>> Cc: inkscape-devel ; Inkscape-Docs
>> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] [Inkscape-devel] Any chance we can make some
>> docs material? (targeting the moon)
>>
>>
>> Hi Nicolas :D,
>>
>> thank you!
>>
>> What I would like to know (and what is now buried deep in the email
>> stream) is:
>>
>> - How does version control work for booktype? Could it be combined with
>> a git repository, or does it use a fully independent system?
>> (I couldn't find a direct hint, maybe it's just using the django
>> database to keep track of changes/edits?)
>>
>> - What is the source file format of booktype? Markdown? (guessing from
>> the requirements for pip)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Maren
>>
>> Am 01.05.2017 um 21:08 schrieb Nicolas Dufour:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm just back from two weeks away, and as the thread is very long now
>>> I didn't find time to read everything. Sorry if I'm off-topic.
>>>
>>> Le Lundi 1 mai 2017 13h07, Maren Hachmann <maren@...3165...> a
>>> écrit :
>>>>
>>>> I only wish Nicolas or Elisa could be here to give us some more
>>>> in-depth
>>>
>>>
>>>> info about their server's capabilities
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure what you mean. Of course the Inkscape project can use the
>>> French FM server for the translation, but note that an English
>>> version also exists (http://write.flossmanuals.net/). It would
>>> probably be easier to work on the English server directly.
>>>
>>>
>>>> and their book's licencing.
>>>
>>>
>>> If I remember correctly, the GPLv2 was the first license that was
>>> chosen when the FM project was created about 10 years ago, and some
>>> books still use it. But the server allows users to choose a different
>>> license when creating a new book (CC, GPL, PD). As for the Inkscape
>>> book, I see it's under a GPLv3. I don't know if it can be changed
>>> (and how) or not. Elisa could probably give more details.
>>>
>>> Regards, -- Nicolas
>>>
>>


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