[License-discuss] Some suggested writing projects to improve opensource.org: call for volunteers

[Luis Villa]

Ping on this :)

On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Luis Villa <luis at lu.is> wrote:
> Hi, all-
>
> Would anyone like to take on the task of reviewing and updating the
> various educational materials we have on the site? I was pointed at
> some of this recently, and while none of it is embarassingly dated as
> the history page I revised last year, some of it is pretty lacking.
>
> I'm thinking in particular:
>
> - lack of a single page that defines what open source is. It has been
> suggested that http://opensource.com/resources/what-open-source and
> http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/09/29/what-is-free-software.html
> might be good references in drafting this page.
>
> - bibliography that is quite solid, but judging from the age of the
> books, not updated since 2005: http://opensource.org/links
>
> - "case for business" that refers to "Frank Hecker of Netscape":
> http://opensource.org/advocacy/case_for_business.php Frank hasn't been
> with "Netscape" in over a decade, or Mozilla for four years.
>
> - We lack a good HOWTO for applying licensing information. Such a
> thing could link to SFLC's guide on the subject (or Karl's brief one
> in Producing OSS) but should be useful on its own.
>
> Anyone game for producing drafts of these? Thanks in advance!
>
> Luis