Re: How to make GNU software

[Ali Abdin <aliabdin aucegypt edu>]

* Wolfgang Sourdeau (wolfgang ultim net) wrote at 03:03 on 26/11/00:
> 
> La plume légère, à Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 09:43:01AM -0800, heure d'inpiration,
> Charles Iliya Krempeaux écrivait en ces mots:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > What people often call GNU software is software that has been released under a
> > special license: the GNU GPL.  You can find out more about the GNU GPL at...
> > 
> >   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
> 
> That is not exact. A GNU program is a free program whose author
> has taken arrangement with the Free Software Foundation to make it part
> of the GNU Project. This arrangement implies to fulfill some conditions such
> as:
> - not make any reference to non-free software or non-free documentation;
> - release the program under the GNU GPL and its documentation under the GNU FDL;
> - adapt this program to the other GNU programs as much as possible;
> - respect certain coding standards (the "GNU Coding Standards");
> - release documentation in the texinfo format;

All "major" Documentation projects that I know seem to be making the switch to
DocBook XML. I think the GNU project should re-evaluate this requirement and
either switch to DocBook XML as the official format for documentation, or
allow both types (at the author's descretion).
 
> The respect of those conditions is quite flexible. For example, GNOME is a
> GNU project but its documentation format is based on sgml/docbook.
> 
> Please refer to http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/categories.html for more
> informations on the different kind of software and free software.
> 
> 
> Wolfgang
> -- 
> A chicken is an egg's way of producing more eggs.
> 
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