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<author>
<firstname>Benjamin</firstname>
- <othername>"Mako"</othername>
+ <othername>Mako</othername>
<surname>Hill</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>
- <email>mako@debian.org</email>
+ <email>mako@atdot.cc</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<revhistory>
<revision>
+ <revnumber>v0.3.3</revnumber>
+ <date>22 August 2008</date>
+ <authorinitials>bch</authorinitials>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
+
<revnumber>v0.3.2</revnumber>
<date>15 April 2002</date>
<authorinitials>bch</authorinitials>
<title>Copyright Information</title>
<para>
- This document is copyrighted (c) 2000 Benjamin "Mako" Hill and is
+ This document is copyrighted (c) 2000-2008 Benjamin Mako Hill and is
distributed under the terms of the <citetitle>GNU Free
Documentation License</citetitle>.
</para>
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the <link
linkend="fdl"><citetitle>GNU Free Documentation
- License</citetitle></link>, Version 1.1 or any later version
+ License</citetitle></link>, Version 1.2 or any later version
published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant
Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy
of the license can be found in <xref linkend="fdl">.
<para>
This version is the part of the third pre-release cycle of this
HOWTO. It is written to be released to developers for critique and
- brainstorming. Please keep in mind that this version of the HOWTO
- is still in an infant stage and will continue to be revised
- extensively.
+ brainstorming. While the HOWTO is now several years old, please keep
+ in mind that this version of the HOWTO is still in an "early" stage
+ and will continue to be revised extensively.
</para>
<para>
The latest version number of this document should always be listed
on <ulink url="http://mako.cc/projects/howto">the projects
- homepage </ulink> hosted by <ulink url="http://mako.cc">mako.cc.</ulink>
+ homepage</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
In this version I have the pleasure of acknowledging:
</para>
- <para>Fellow Debian developer Martin Michlmayr and Vivek
+ <para>Fellow Debian developers Martin Michlmayr and Vivek
Venugopalan who sent me information and links to extremely
interesting articles. I've added both to the bibliography and I've
added information from each into the HOWTO. Thanks to Andrew Shugg
and I believe that its ultimate success will be rooted in its
ability to do this. Please send your additions, comments, and
criticisms to the following email address:
- <email>mako@debian.org</email>.
+ <email>mako@atdot.cc</email>.
</para>
</sect2>
</para>
<para>
- I've been contacted by a reader who promises a translation into
- Korean. However, this HOWTO is still young and other than the
- promise of Korean, English is all that is currently available. If
- you would like to help with or do a translation, you will gain my
+ This HOWTO has graciously translated into German by Robert F.
+ Schmitt. That copy is accessible in the following formats:
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://mako.cc/projects/howto/FreeSoftwareProjectManagement-HOWTO.DE.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://mako.cc/projects/howto/FreeSoftwareProjectManagement-HOWTO.DE.rstl">Restructured Text Source</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>
+ If you would like to help with or do a translation, you will gain my
utmost respect and admiration and you'll get to be part of a cool
process. If you are at all interested, please don't hesitate to
- contact me at: <email>mako@debian.org</email>.
+ contact me at: <email>mako@atdot.cc</email>.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<para>
Eric S. Raymond writes about how free software projects start in
his essay, <ulink
- url="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/"><quote>The
+ url="http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/"><quote>The
Cathedral and the Bazaar,</quote></ulink> which comes as required
reading for any free software developer. It is available online .
</para>
all of your users want to be testers. Many users want to use
stable software and don't care if they don't have the newest,
greatest software with the latest, greatest features. These users
- expect a stable, tested piece of software without major or obvious
+ except a stable, tested piece of software without major or obvious
bugs and will be angry if they find themselves testing. This is
yet another way in which a split development model (as mentioned
in <xref linkend="branches">) might come in handy.
This is a list of the web resources pertaining to this HOWTO that
I've found most helpful in compiling this information. If you know
of others that would help, please don't hesitate to email me at
- <email>mako@debian.org</email> and we can look into getting it
+ <email>mako@atdot.cc</email> and we can look into getting it
added to the list and represented in the HOWTO.
</para>