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www/help help.html
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From: |
Karl Berry |
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Subject: |
www/help help.html |
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Date: |
Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:59:07 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 07/02/17 01:59:07
Modified files:
help : help.html
Log message:
add freedom verifier and more
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/help/help.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.77&r2=1.78
Patches:
Index: help.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/help/help.html,v
retrieving revision 1.77
retrieving revision 1.78
diff -u -b -r1.77 -r1.78
--- help.html 21 Jan 2007 12:05:07 -0000 1.77
+++ help.html 17 Feb 2007 01:58:54 -0000 1.78
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
<p><a href="#translations">Translations</a> of this page</p>
-<h3>How You Can Help the GNU Project</h3>
+<h2>How You Can Help the GNU Project</h3>
<p>
<a href="/graphics/agnuhead.html"><img src="/graphics/gnu-head-sm.jpg"
@@ -30,15 +30,7 @@
<hr />
-<h4>Table of contents</h4>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#guide" id="TOCguide">Guide to helping the GNU Project</a></li>
- <li><a href="#helpgnu" id="TOChelpgnu">How to Help the GNU Project</a></li>
-</ul>
-
-<hr />
-
-<h4><a href="#TOCguide" id="guide">Guide to helping the GNU Project</a></h4>
+<h3><a id="guide">Guide to helping the GNU Project</a></h3>
<p>
The GNU Volunteer Coordinators
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>
@@ -60,21 +52,12 @@
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOChelpgnu" id="helpgnu">How to Help the GNU Project</a></h4>
+<h3><a id="helpgnu">How to help the GNU Project</a></h3>
<p>
This list is ordered roughly with the more urgent items near the top.
Please note that many things on this list link to larger, expanded lists.
</p>
<ul>
-
-<!--
- <li>
- Help coordinate translation of our web pages into various languages.
- Write to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>
- if you want to help.
- <p></p></li>
--->
-
<li>
Volunteer to extend the
<a id="FreeSoftwareDirectory" href="http://directory.fsf.org/";>
@@ -107,66 +90,42 @@
free GNU/Linux distributions</a>.
</li>
- <li>
- Write free software.
- <ul>
- <li>The <a
- href="http://savannah.gnu.org/people/?group=tasklist";>GNU
- Help Wanted</a> page lists GNU tasks that need
- volunteers, for packages not hosted on <a
- href="http://savannah.gnu.org";>savannah</a>.
- </li>
-
- <li>The <a
- href="http://savannah.gnu.org/people/";>Contributor
- Wanted</a> page at savannah lists tasks that need
- volunteers, for both GNU and non-GNU packages that are
- hosted on <a
- href="http://savannah.gnu.org";>savannah</a>.
- </li>
-
- <li>Take over one of the <a
- href="/server/takeaction.html#unmaint">unmaintained
- GNU packages</a>.
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>
- When writing software for GNU, please follow the
- <a href="/prep/standards/">GNU Coding Standards</a>
- and <a href="/prep/maintain/">Information
- For Maintainers of GNU Software</a>.
- </p>
+ <li>Write free software:
- <p>
- To offer software you have written to GNU,
- please see this <a href="/help/evaluation.html">GNU
- software evaluation</a> information. We also welcome
- volunteers to help us do the evaluations; information on
- the same page.
- </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>The <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/people/?type_id=1";>GNU
+ Help Wanted</a> list is the general task list for GNU software
+ packages. You might also consider taking over one of the <a
+ href="/server/takeaction.html#unmaint">unmaintained GNU
+ packages</a>.</li>
+
+ <li>When writing software for GNU, please follow the <a
+ href="/prep/standards/">GNU Coding Standards</a> and <a
+ href="/prep/maintain/">Information for Maintainers of GNU
+ Software</a> documents.</li>
+
+ <li>To offer software you have written to GNU, please see this
+ <a href="/help/evaluation.html">GNU software evaluation</a>
+ information. We also welcome volunteers to help us do the
+ evaluations; information on the same page.</li>
- <p>
- We are sometimes offered software which already does
+ <li>We are sometimes offered software which already does
substantially the same task as an existing GNU package.
- Although of course we appreciate all offers, we'd
- naturally like to encourage programmers to spend their
- time writing free software to do new jobs, not
- already-solved ones. So, before starting a new program,
- please check the <a
- href="http://directory.fsf.org/";>Free Software
- Directory</a> for free software that does the job
- already.
- </p>
+ Although of course we appreciate all offers, we'd naturally like
+ to encourage programmers to spend their time writing free
+ software to do new jobs, not already-solved ones. So, before
+ starting a new program, please check the <a
+ href="http://directory.fsf.org/";>Free Software Directory</a> for
+ free software that does the job already.</li>
- <p>
- We can offer <a href="/software/devel.html">some
+ <li>We can offer <a href="/software/devel.html">some
resources</a> to help GNU software developers.
- </p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
</li>
<li>
- <a id="documentation">Write documentation for GNU software</a>,
+ <a id="documentation"></a>Write documentation for GNU software,
using these <a href="/doc/potentialauthors.html">resources,
tips, and hints</a>.
</li>
@@ -177,13 +136,20 @@
This job does not need any technical skills (we use <a
href="/software/mailman/">GNU Mailman</a>, but if you're not
familiar with it, don't let that stop you, it is easy to learn
- what is needed). We've found that a couple of minutes of steady
+ what is needed). We've found that a few minutes of steady
attention each day works better than irregularly devoting large
- blocks of time. Please email <a
+ blocks of time. Deleting spam is not glamorous, but helps keep
+ the whole system working, so please email <a
href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> if you
are interested.
</li>
+ <li>Volunteer as a “Freedom Verifier” to check
+ whether a given distribution contains only
+ free software, so it can be included on the
+ <a href="/links/links.html#FreeGNULinuxDistributions">list
+ of free distributions</a>.
+
<li>
<a id="helptranslations">Translate the GNU Web site into other
languages</a>.
More information about the issue can be found at the
@@ -204,31 +170,24 @@
</li>
<li>
- informing your friends that the "Linux" operating system
- is really <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux</a>:
- that is, the GNU system, plus Linux, the kernel. Simply
- making a consistent and unfailing distinction between GNU/Linux
+ informing your friends that the “Linux”
+ operating system is really <a
+ href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux</a>: that is,
+ the GNU system, plus Linux, the kernel. Simply making a
+ consistent and unfailing distinction between GNU/Linux
(the whole system) and Linux (the kernel) when you write
- or speak about the system will
- <a href="/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html">help us greatly</a>, while
- taking very little time once you have unlearned the old habit.
+ or speak about the system will <a
+ href="/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html">help us greatly</a>,
+ while taking very little time once you have unlearned
+ the old habit.
</li>
<li>
- by both<br />
+ by both
<a href="/help/linking-gnu.html">adding a link to GNU's home
- page</a> to your home pages,<br />
+ page</a> to your home pages,
and suggesting that others do likewise.
</li>
-
- <li>
- by both<br/>
- <a href="/server/mirror.html">mirroring</a> this web site
- as these <a href="/server/list-mirrors.html">sites</a>
- are already doing,<br />
- and asking others to do so.
- </li>
-
</ul>
</li>
@@ -300,7 +259,6 @@
entries about our different web pages. Make sure that essays
from our <a href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">philosophy page</a>
and other GNU URLs are linked to often in the appropriate categories.
- <p>
If you'd like to help us with this task, please contact the
GNU Volunteer Coordinators
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
@@ -408,8 +366,8 @@
</p>
<p>
-Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
-2007 <br />
+Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+2005, 2006, 2007 <br />
Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
02110-1301, USA
<br />
Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
@@ -419,7 +377,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/01/21 12:05:07 $ $Author: jimcrow $
+$Date: 2007/02/17 01:58:54 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/help help.html,
Karl Berry <=