[FM Discuss] back from wikimania

[adam hyde]

> i guess i'm not clear on the scope of what you mean by 'franchise'.
> 
> is this another way of saying a language fork? would they then also be 
> able to sell on the printed material and give the project a different name?
> 

anyone can sell on the printed material, its all gpl so they can so as
they like. so the issue is really not about the content as such but
about spreading the fm meme (the higher the recognition of the logo etc
the more people that will access the manuals, consequently the more
people that can then use free software). 

what i am suggesting is that languages are managed like a franchise. we
enter in an agreement with whoever wants to drive a lang site. then they
can use the logo, we help them set up a site based on the current fm
site (we would have to get a  nice way to make the interface translation
a bit smoother) etc, but they have to cover their own costs (server
hosting etc) and if they get off track we can pull the use of the
logo...i posted a longer version in an earlier email but thas the gist
of it

it means we can keep an eye on the idealogy and quality but allow a
language to pretty much go in their own direction - make manual
appropriate to their language etc...if they stray from our agreement by
compromising the quality - eg. they really make useless manuals - or the
idealogy - eg. they reliencse material with a standard copyright 'all
rights reserved' - then we kill their franchise which really means they
can no longer use the logo 

adam


> (apologies if you've answered these questions already - i can't keep up 
> with email right now).
> 
> cheers,
> 
> julian
> 
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