[Bf-docboard] Feedback?

[Bart Veldhuizen]

Hi Ram,

> In this background I think Texinfo should be the format of 
> choice and GFDL 
> the licence covering the Blender documetation.
> This way we will have  totally Free solution.
> (Texinfo is Free, see the [gnu.org] website)
> 
> Ok, texinfo could pose a steep learning curve for many but 
> from my little 
> understanding there is a movement to revive this excellent format.
> 
> Few reasons are as follows
> 1)Freedom -- also creates a niche for Blender in the very 
> competetive 3D 
> market ;-)
> 2)submitting patches to documentation *is* the way forward. 
> 3)Simple and practicable printed manuals can be produced by 
> those competent 
> enough to propagate the use of Blender.
> 4)Specialised content can be added on to the specialised 
> websites (with GFDL) 
> and it will be easy to keep track of branches like these.

Can you tell us a bit more about Texinfo and how it compares to
DocBook/XML? DocBook also seems to cover these points.

Bart