[FM Discuss] floss manuals support

[Edward Cherlin]

It would make sense to form a FLOSS Manuals group on LinkedIn, and to get
such testimonials posted there. At least 20 of us are members. We could also
advertise for gigs.

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:22, Micz Flor <micz.flor at sourcefabric.org> wrote:

>  On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 15:33 +0200, adam hyde wrote:
>
> So, to do this we need to grow. To grow we need resources. To get
> resources we need funders (and work). And to get funders (or work) we
> need you.
>
>
> hi everybody, find enclosed some honest praise. my feeling is that floss
> manuals could really benefit from similar letters by other software
> maintainers and developers who have their documentation hosted on your site.
> if you only get half of the names to support you, you would have a portfolio
> that would really help to open doors. all the best and get some writing
> going! micz
>
> --- snip ---
>
> Re: Floss Manuals
>
> Sourcefabric is a software development organisation aiming to provide
> quality open source tools for journalism. We are a not-for-profit
> organisation, based in Prague with branches in Berlin and Toronto. After ten
> years in the field of open source development, we have recently migrated all
> our documentation to Floss Manuals.
>
> Documentation is the first contact with most software. Open source projects
> benefit from good documentation, since it can substitute commercial support.
> In that sense Floss Manuals is invaluable to the open source community by
> providing a professional, reliable and free documentation tool. What has
> become very valuable to us is the integration of the print on demand
> playout. Many of our client organisations are in areas with limited Internet
> access and benefit from a „solid“, offline manual in print. I would go as
> far as to point that to us, this is one of the strongest features.
>
> Floss Manuals also serves as a platform for open source projects by
> providing a central point of entry to the open source world, bringing
> together software from all areas such as audio editing, office tools, CMS,
> CRM, vector graphics, etc.
>
> We are now also planning Book Sprints to tackle the issue of delivering
> fully fledged documentation shortly after a software release. Usually, the
> documentation writing requires a lot of time and energy. Working with Floss
> Manuals and hiring their services for a Book Sprint, within a week of your
> release you have a finished manual in the shop (literally). The first will
> happen in October and will utilise their new software Booki which we have
> been testing and are very excited about, especially for the extended
> features regarding version numbers of software manuals.
>
> We also see the Book Sprints as a way of returning some of the benefit that
> Floss Manuals have brought to us. Building a business model on open source
> solutions is a tough call and Floss Manuals at this stage relies on Book
> Sprints, commissioned features and grants as a source of income. We
> encourage anyone to pick up one of these possibilities to support Floss
> Manuals for the great work they are doing - not only by providing tools and
> hosting manuals, but also by strengthening the open source paradigm. In
> simple words, Floss Manuals is on the move to become the Sourceforge of the
> 21st century. Make sure you have a stake in the movement.
>
> If you have any further questions, please contact me:
> micz.flor at sourcefabric.org
>
> Berlin, 20th July 2010
>
> --
>
> Micz Flor
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> micz.flor at sourcefabric.org
>
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