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[Savannah-hackers] Re: XXX.gnu.org


From: Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Subject: [Savannah-hackers] Re: XXX.gnu.org
Date: 08 Apr 2003 15:55:22 -0700
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"Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden> writes:

> I agree it is not euphonious, but I thought of the various things
> people do that are not considered `documentation' even though they
> involved writing, such as advocating software freedom.  So I decided
> that the term `documentation project' would lead some people (not you)
> to think primarily of documentation of programs, rather than a
> discussion of whether you have the right to modify someone else's code.

Heh.  Maybe "project" is the best word, with an occasional, "software
and other sorts of projects as well".

Where I live these days, "documentation" refers to footnotes and
bibliographies. :)





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