[FM Discuss] Need help with OSBR article

[Edward Cherlin]

Would they be interested in the documentation/textbooks/other learning
materials needed for using Open Source in education, specifically
integrating Open Source into the curriculum?

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:45, Janet Swisher <jmswisher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been invited to submit an article to Open Source Business
> Resource online magazine (http://osbr.ca) on the importance of
> documentation to the success of open source projects. I plan to
> emphasize the importance of *open-licensed* documentation in
> particular, with examples from FM and elsewhere.
>
> Firstly, two projects that seem to fit well (for different reasons)
> with the points I plan to make are Inkscape and CiviCRM. If you are
> involved in the FM manuals for those projects and you're interested in
> being interviewed for this article, please contact me off-list.
> Secondly, if you're more involved with a different FM manual that you
> think is a good case study, please let me know. Thirdly, if you know
> of examples of FLOSS projects (not necessarily on FM) whose success
> seems to be due in good part to good documentation, please point them
> out to me (PHP and mySQL are two I've seen mentioned in this regard).
>
> It seems like there's been a spate of article recently about open
> source and documentation. It's great that the topic is finally getting
> some attention. My challenge is to find something more to add to the
> conversation. I appreciate any assistance.
>
> Cheers,
> Janet
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