I wrote an article on Open Source in the current edition of Words, if anyone would like to know more. L On 28 April 2011 22:29, Pauline Khoo <pauline.sydney@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Open source documentation is user documentation for open source software. In > IT, open source software is developed by open source (volunteer) developers. > It is a software product like Libre Office or Open Office which is a product > which might need documentation. See http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice > ... You download the software for your PC, play around with it and write > documentation for it. There is usually a documentation coordinator manager > that you can get in touch with or a community mailing list like this one. > Is everything clear so far? > Cheers, > PK > > On 28 April 2011 15:59, Tempe Macgowan <tempem@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi >> Thanks everybody. >> Can you explain what open source documentation is and libre? >> Tempe >> On 28/04/2011, at 12:09 PM, Pauline Khoo wrote: >> > > -- Lana Brindley writer:speaker:blogger ------------------------------------------------ Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man. -William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 3 ----------------------------------------------- http://lanabrindley.com ----------------------------------------------- Please avoid sending me Word, Powerpoint or Windows Media attachments. ------------------------------------------------ ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************