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SubjectRe: Announcing - document collection project
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On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 12:08 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:01:30AM -0800, Timothy D. Witham wrote:
>
> > In an email conversation with Alan Cox and Andrew Morton I was
> > asked if OSDL could create a repository for old non-NDA manuals.
> >
> > I agreed that this sort of old copyrighted but never to be reprinted
> > documentation needs a home and even thought some said it was
> > a monster it looked like a nice little bunny to me so .....
>
> Thanks, this has the makings of something really useful.
>
> One comment. Links to external documentation (like the AGP
> reference for eg) has the potential to 'disappear', making
> this resource no better than a collection of bookmarks.
>
> A true repository would have the actual documents, though
> I understand this may mean talking with the copyright holder(s).
>
I'm OK with that - it would of course depend upon the
license from the copyright holder. But I'm open.

> Dave
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