Re: [rms@gnu.org: Free Software Needs Free Documentation]
Hi,
>>"Enrique" == Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> writes:
Enrique> Because that does hurt the non-english-speaking
Enrique> free-software community. Good software needs good
Enrique> documentation, but to a non-english speaker a manual written
Enrique> in english is like no manual at all.
Fine. I agree when we are talking about documentation for
software.
Enrique> Let's talk about technical documents then. I don't care much
Enrique> about the immutability of a novel or a poetry work.
Oh, I agere with you as long as you are talking about
documentation fo software. Standards are different, since often
interpretation of standards may depend on nuanvces that could be lost
in translation.
>> How about an original Graphic Novel? How about James Joyces
>> "Ullyses"? Do you approve af people punctuating Joyce's books?
Enrique> I remember seeing a few 'annotated "Ulisses"' books last
Enrique> time I went to the English Literature section of the
Enrique> university library. I guess that's common practice.
Annotation is different from modification.
manoj
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