documenting how to get source code in ubuntu-doc

[Matthew East]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Kyle Nitzsche
<kyle.nitzsche at canonical.com> wrote:
> Kyle Nitzsche wrote:
>>
>> Matthew East wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Kyle Nitzsche
>>> <kyle.nitzsche at canonical.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Matthew East wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Kyle Nitzsche
>>>>> <kyle.nitzsche at canonical.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am putting together a modification of ubuntu-docs that will explain
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> bit
>>>>>> more about how to get source code.  While not applicable to some/most
>>>>>> users,
>>>>>> it is probably important to include it as an aspect of Ubuntu's
>>>>>> commitment
>>>>>> to open source. (At any rate, we in the OEM group would very much like
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> add it.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for the slow response and thanks for reminding me about the
>>>>> thread. I don't have a strong view on this but my instinctive reaction
>>>>> is that this information should probably be on the Ubuntu website,
>>>>> with a link to it inserted in the About Ubuntu document, rather than
>>>>> the material being included in the ubuntu-docs package.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do you feel about that? Do you have strong reasons to include the
>>>>> information on-disk?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The open-source, community-developed nature of ubuntu is supported and
>>>> even
>>>> proved by providing simple instructions within ubuntu for getting source
>>>> for
>>>> particular packages and for the whole image.
>>>>
>>>> Whereas pointing users to an external website is a level of indirection
>>>> that
>>>> seems inappropriate (to me) for such a core aspect of the project and
>>>> its
>>>> culture.
>>>>
>>>> So why not, as long as it is 1) brief and 2) unobtrusive?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry for the delay in responding and thanks for reminding me about this
>>> thread.
>>>
>>> I don't really agree with you. I think the website is the perfect
>>> place for this type of information.
>>
>> Is the website localized?
>
> Hello Matthew. Can you please address the question ^^^?

The website isn't localised on site, but instead we encourage local
teams to create their own Ubuntu websites in their own language.

I don't think whether the material is localised is particularly
relevant, myself, because if it were, then that would be a reason not
to put information there about our philosophy, licensing and all the
other things that are on the website. I'd rather look at the nature of
the material, as I did in my previous post.

-- 
Matthew East
http://www.mdke.org
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