Re: License for documentation (here: Supporting the translation team)

After re-thinking it for a while, I agree that Friedhelm and Thomas are right. Someone who is willing to contribute to PHPDOC-XX will find a way to join the team and to start work. I also see that there is actually a large amount of people who just apply for an cvs-account to get the prestige of a PHP-Dev/Doc-Guy (e.g. one doctor of my university's IT-Department was very impressed as I gave him my @php.net-address - Didn't know that we have such a good image). >FIRST contribute to the List, THEN get a cvs-account This is a very nice idea. But I don't see what translators should contribute to the list. Doesn't PHPDOC-DE fully rely on PHPDOC? For me, I just read the DOC-DE-List for a while (and of course the DOC-Howto), then got the cvs-account and at last started to post to the mailing list. Or may I understand "first contribute to the List" that s.o. should ask the List "May I help" and then passes a sort of job-interview and then gets the cvs-account? (Since I'm not a DEV, I don't know anything about their CVS-Account-application-process). Viele Grüße Sebastian === From: friedhelm betz In reply to: Thomas Schöfbeck >> Furthermore: >> >> If you look at the huge list of "translators" and then realize that only >> 20%-30% of them really do the work: > >I don't expect any changes, because once listed for ever listed due >to the policy to list people who contributed. (?) > >> I would make it even harder, like in the dev-group: FIRST contribute to >> the list, THEN get a cvs-account. Otherwise you create an endless number >> of accounts for PHP-beginners which just think they might help, and then >> they realize that it's work... > >One possible way to go I personally would agree. But this implies, someone >must be williing >to commit contributions ASAP. To go this way, we should have to provide a >mechanism >people can rely on like which amount first, positive votes (how much) from >whome? > >This is sort a thing like the listing of contributors to the en manual on >phpdoc@ ;-) > >Friedhelm >