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  <artheader>
   <title>Free Software Development HOWTO</title>
-
+  
   <author>
-     <firstname>Benjamin</firstname>
-     <othername>Mako</othername>
-     <surname>Hill</surname>
-     <affiliation>
-        <address>
-           <email>mako@debian.org</email>
-
-        </address>
-     </affiliation>
+   <firstname>Benjamin</firstname>
+   <othername>Mako</othername>
+   <surname>Hill</surname>
+   <affiliation>
+    <address>
+      <email>mako@debian.org</email>
+    </address>
+   </affiliation>
   </author>
-
-   <revhistory>
-      <revision>
-         <revnumber>v0.01</revnumber>
-         <date>27 March 2001</date>
-         <authorinitials>bch</authorinitials>
-          <revremark>
-         Initial Release
-         </revremark>
-      </revision>
-   </revhistory>
+  
+  <revhistory>
+   <revision>
+    <revnumber>v0.2</revnumber>
+    <date>7 April 2001</date>
+    <authorinitials>bch</authorinitials>
+   </revision>
+
+   <revision>
+    <revnumber>v0.01</revnumber>
+    <date>27 March 2001</date>
+    <authorinitials>bch</authorinitials>
+    <revremark>Initial Release</revremark>
+   </revision>
+  </revhistory>
 
   <abstract>
-    <indexterm>
-      <primary>fswd</primary>
-    </indexterm>
-
-    <para>
-     This HOWTO is designed for people with experience in programming
-     and some skills in managing a software project but who are new to
-     the world of Free Software. This document is meant to act as a
-     guide to the non-technical aspects of free software development
-     and was written to act as a crash course in the people skills
-     that aren't taught to commercial coders but that can make or
-     break a free software project.
-    </para>
+   <indexterm>
+    <primary>fswd</primary>
+   </indexterm>
+   
+   <para>
+    This HOWTO is designed for people with experience in programming
+    and some skills in managing a software project but who are new to
+    the world of free software. This document is meant to act as a
+    guide to the non-technical aspects of free software development
+    and was written to act as a crash course in the people skills that
+    aren't taught to commercial coders but that can make or break a
+    free software project.
+   </para>
   </abstract>
-
+  
  </artheader>
 
 <!-- Section1: intro -->
 
  <sect1 id="intro">
-   <title>Introduction</title>
-
-   <indexterm>
-    <primary>fswd!introduction</primary>
-   </indexterm>
-
+  <title>Introduction</title>
+  
+  <indexterm>
+   <primary>fswd!introduction</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+  
   <para>
    Skimming through freshmeat.net provides mountains of reasons for this
    HOWTO's existence--the Internet is littered with excellently
@@ -1380,8 +1383,8 @@ pages for more information and options.
      <para>
       While both of these projects operate on a scale that your
       project will not (at least initially), their example is
-      helpful. Debian's idea of a project who lead who can do
-      <emphasis>nothing</emphasis> but delegate can serve as a
+      helpful. Debian's idea of a project leader who can do
+      <emphasis>nothing</emphasis> but delegate serves as a
       caricature of how a project can involve and empower a huge
       number of developers and grow to a huge size.
      </para>

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