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Posted to legal-discuss@apache.org by Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org> on 2007/02/28 15:03:33 UTC
Wiki documentation in releases
We at Lucene Java have been debating moving most of our docs to a
Wiki format, but one thing that is holding us back is the notion of
tagging/exporting the Wiki at the moment of release. We see from
reading the Confluence docs that this is technically plausible.
However, when reading http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/
CWIKI/Index it says that we need to get CLAs for any contributions
from non-committers.
Someone asked on our dev list if it was possible to get some sort of
"click-agreement" for this type of thing? Something to the effect
that By clicking here you agree that all contributions made to this
documentation are copyright the ASF, etc. I know most people don't
read the fine print, so I don't know how well it would hold up.
Is this feasible? Would it properly cover the ASF? If it is
feasible, what would it take to put in place? Board approval?
Thanks,
Grant Ingersoll
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Re: Wiki documentation in releases
Posted by Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>.
> We are trying to get more folks contributing.
>
> We have pages that cover file formats, and other syntax that are
> tied to releases and need to be properly preserved on a per release
> basis, but people could easily update in between releases. As I'm
> sure most projects are aware, committer time is at a premium, so
> allowing others to contribute to documentation could really help out.
On Feb 28, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Grant Ingersoll wrote:
>
>
> On Feb 28, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Upayavira wrote:
>
>> Grant Ingersoll wrote:
>>> We at Lucene Java have been debating moving most of our docs to a
>>> Wiki format, but one thing that is holding us back is the notion
>>> of tagging/exporting the Wiki at the moment of release. We see
>>> from reading the Confluence docs that this is technically
>>> plausible. However, when reading http://cwiki.apache.org/
>>> confluence/display/CWIKI/Index it says that we need to get CLAs
>>> for any contributions from non-committers.
>>> Someone asked on our dev list if it was possible to get some sort
>>> of "click-agreement" for this type of thing? Something to the
>>> effect that By clicking here you agree that all contributions
>>> made to this documentation are copyright the ASF, etc. I know
>>> most people don't read the fine print, so I don't know how well
>>> it would hold up.
>>> Is this feasible? Would it properly cover the ASF? If it is
>>> feasible, what would it take to put in place? Board approval?
>>
>> Generally projects that do this have two wikis, one a general
>> wiki, and another for their website. The website on they control
>> with strict permissions only granting karma to committers (I guess
>> you could grant karma to those who have signed CLAs).
>>
>> Does that help? Or are you trying to get more folks contributing?
>>
>> Regards, Upayavira
>>
>
>
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Re: Wiki documentation in releases
Posted by Upayavira <uv...@odoko.co.uk>.
Grant Ingersoll wrote:
> We at Lucene Java have been debating moving most of our docs to a Wiki
> format, but one thing that is holding us back is the notion of
> tagging/exporting the Wiki at the moment of release. We see from
> reading the Confluence docs that this is technically plausible.
> However, when reading
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CWIKI/Index it says that we
> need to get CLAs for any contributions from non-committers.
>
> Someone asked on our dev list if it was possible to get some sort of
> "click-agreement" for this type of thing? Something to the effect that
> By clicking here you agree that all contributions made to this
> documentation are copyright the ASF, etc. I know most people don't read
> the fine print, so I don't know how well it would hold up.
>
> Is this feasible? Would it properly cover the ASF? If it is feasible,
> what would it take to put in place? Board approval?
Generally projects that do this have two wikis, one a general wiki, and
another for their website. The website on they control with strict
permissions only granting karma to committers (I guess you could grant
karma to those who have signed CLAs).
Does that help? Or are you trying to get more folks contributing?
Regards, Upayavira
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