From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Elias_M=C3=A5rtenson?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Help needed: APL reference documentation in ELPA Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 20:07:11 +0800 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c3f0ac7941aa04fa384dad X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1401019644 2900 80.91.229.3 (25 May 2014 12:07:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 12:07:24 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 25 14:07:19 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WoXCw-0000JZ-IQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 14:07:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51268 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WoXCv-00041h-RQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 08:07:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33312) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WoXCs-00041R-6C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 08:07:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WoXCr-0002Ap-2K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 08:07:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lb0-x22e.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::22e]:48318) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WoXCq-0002Al-QL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 08:07:12 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-lb0-f174.google.com with SMTP id n15so3657746lbi.5 for ; Sun, 25 May 2014 05:07:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=f3kRRm3MM5qrTkTdggMsl6w/CLeDKp9Puhbn6mcRQYY=; b=deOgpGmVEg3tHEHA/Mafu0EftYYorkiIB0oIqfSiGgg5dEex2b1Jg159GZGJN8/fz9 ZXzqtBXBRYHzKmQ9tQtsqz32mMFcBhywzCm3jS4bhYYWAQZNonSndYX1p6imrHy6gL9v aswHfsPxBh5U8cCbfOq/pCBg8MYcatf++yR/OdoQUutOIlphRDfhMFltJ1Z4ev1Ajryq 7FpA+xAeZbHYgBuqjw+89LW7iW6CAaHUN/SX0ckkYCSYjRcYb+PVaTr9law+lBUsrz5D dpHBXZpF6D/qmnN9DzOSjXQG5V+8gDJFVlBAILIPCmolu9xEj4WJZ2/BNOCRlryLfykB mOJA== X-Received: by 10.112.52.167 with SMTP id u7mr11730813lbo.28.1401019631745; Sun, 25 May 2014 05:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.112.167.137 with HTTP; Sun, 25 May 2014 05:07:11 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c04::22e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:172075 Archived-At: --001a11c3f0ac7941aa04fa384dad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Once my employer has signed the copyright papers my intention is to submit the Emacs mode for GNU APL to ELPA. I have one concern, and that is the fact that it currently includes reference documentation that was taken from the IBM APL2 documentation. I have a license to use this from IBM, but the license is only for this specific project, which obviously is incompatible with the Emacs license. Therefore, I wonder if there is any free documentation that I can include instead, or if no such documentation exists, if someone is perhaps willing to write it? The work needed is to write a short summary on all the APL symbols. My own APL skills are not strong enough to do this, and I'm also not a particularly good documentation writer. To see the format of the text, here is the file containing the APL2 snippets: https://github.com/lokedhs/gnu-apl-mode/blob/master/gnu-apl-refdocs-apl2.el And here is the start of the non-IBM-licensed documentation: https://github.com/lokedhs/gnu-apl-mode/blob/master/gnu-apl-refdocs-bsd-license.el The latter is based on Wikipedia and is woefully incomplete (and sometimes wrong, I'd like to see all of it replaced). Thanks and regards, Elias --001a11c3f0ac7941aa04fa384dad Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Once my employer has signed the copyright papers my intent= ion is to submit the Emacs mode for GNU APL to ELPA.

I h= ave one concern, and that is the fact that it currently includes reference = documentation that was taken from the IBM APL2 documentation. I have a lice= nse to use this from IBM, but the license is only for this specific project= , which obviously is incompatible with the Emacs license.

Therefore, I wonder if there is any free documentation = that I can include instead, or if no such documentation exists, if someone = is perhaps willing to write it? The work needed is to write a short summary= on all the APL symbols. My own APL skills are not strong enough to do this= , and I'm also not a particularly good documentation writer.

To see the format of the text, here is the file contain= ing the APL2 snippets:


And here is the start of the non-IBM-licensed doc= umentation:


The latter is based on Wikipedia and is woefully = incomplete (and sometimes wrong, I'd like to see all of it replaced).

Thanks and regards,
Elias
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