February 01, 2016 Re: Better docs for D (WIP) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Chris Wright | On Monday, 1 February 2016 at 20:01:11 UTC, Chris Wright wrote:
> My newsreader's history doesn't support your memory of events.
I don't think this is worth arguing over...
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February 02, 2016 Re: Better docs for D (WIP) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Chris Wright | On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Chris Wright via Digitalmars-d-announce <digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote: > On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:03:25 +0200, Rory McGuire via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: > >> The problem is the D logo etc at the top of his docs mixed with Adam's resentment. Your email validates what I was suggesting he should avoid. > > My newsreader's history doesn't support your memory of events. > > The problem you cited was "insulting our official docs" and (nonexistent) community splits resulting from the insults. Your predicted / recommended response to that problem was "a cease and desist letter from the D Foundation". > > There's no evidence that you considered trademark issues at all until I brought them up. If I'd cited copyright infringement instead, I'm betting you would have jumped on that, even though the docs are Boost-licensed. Are you trying to understand me, or alienate me? I'm unsure what your motivation is for undermining my trying to explain myself in more words. > > What I would actually expect, instead of a C&D letter, is a set of guidelines for using the D logo and other trademarked material. That's pretty standard for open source projects. And if those guidelines forbad using the D logo for a documentation mirror, that would be a problem. > > An airtight set of guidelines probably requires a trademark lawyer, which probably costs more than the D Foundation has in its coffers. We might see a preliminary set of guidelines coming out in the next year or so. > > I don't see how a criticism of the official documentation (even one you believe is insulting) fragments the community. Most people around here think D's documentation is a problem. Adam Ruppe provided both specific feedback and an implemented alternative, which is much more constructive than average. He's got a pull request for content changes that he's made, too, which is the opposite of fragmentation. |
February 02, 2016 Re: Better docs for D (WIP) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Rory McGuire | On 1/31/16 6:14 AM, Rory McGuire via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> If you don't get a cease and desist letter from the D Foundation soon
> I'd be surprised.
Please. Let's take this a notch or three down. -- Andrei
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