I think the font for regular text should be bigger. If normal text is 10 pts on my screen, the manual text is 8 pts.

Regards,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
>From: Andres Cabrera 
>Sent: May 29, 2008 5:00 PM
>To: Developer discussions 
>Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] Manual copyright
>
>Ok, that's one vote for colors, one against =)
>
>Cheers,
>Andrés
>
>On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Felipe Sateler  wrote:
>
>> I guess. I would note the contributors, but since they are listed in the
>> history page I guess it's OK.
>>
>> BTW: I like the new colors. They create a better distinctions between
>> sections.
>>
>>
>> On Thursday 29 May 2008 10:38:29 Andres Cabrera wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > A follow up on this issue. I've a added in the copyright section a clear
>> > note at the beginning stating that the manual is GFDL, but still show the
>> > previous copyroghts and notices to honour previous author's requests. I
>> > guess that should be fine, right?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Andrés
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Felipe Sateler 
>> wrote:
>> > > I don't think so. However I think a legally binding statement on
>> > > copyright is
>> > > necessary. Something like "This manual is copyright Andrés Cabrera and
>> > > others, following is a list of all contributors" should be sufficient.
>> > >
>> > > On Wednesday 23 April 2008 21:35:40 Andres Cabrera wrote:
>> > > > Hi Felipe,
>> > > >
>> > > > Whenever there's opportunity to trim the Csound manual, I'm up for
>> it,
>> > >
>> > >  but
>> > >
>> > > > I would prefer to keep this to honour the requests of the authors,
>> even
>> > >
>> > > if
>> > >
>> > > > it's no longer required by the manual's license. Maybe a
>> clarification
>> > > > at the beginning of the section stating that the copyrights are more
>> > > > historical than legally binding?
>> > > > Or would there be problem with this and Debian?
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Cheers,
>> > > > Andrés
>> > > >
>> > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Felipe Sateler 
>> > >
>> > > wrote:
>> > > > > Sorry to revisit this so late.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Now that we have this, is it necessary to have a copyright section
>> in
>> > >
>> > > the
>> > >
>> > > > > manual?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On Saturday 19 April 2008 09:16:12 Andres Cabrera wrote:
>> > > > > > Hi,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I've rewritten the History page like this, please let me know if
>> > >
>> > > there
>> > >
>> > > > > are
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > inaccuracies, omissions, etc.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Cheers,
>> > > > > > Andrés
>> > > > > > History of the Canonical Csound Reference Manual
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > This initial version of this manual for early versions of Csound
>> > > > > > was started at MIT by Barry L. Vercoe and maintained there during
>> > > > > > the 1980's and start of the 1990's. Some of the manual comes from
>> > >
>> > > documents
>> > >
>> > > > > > for programs like * Music11* from the 1970's. This original
>> manual
>> > >
>> > > was
>> > >
>> > > > > improved
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > and worked on by Richard Dobson, John ffitch, Jean Piché and
>> Rasmus
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Ekman.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > This manual led to the Official Csound Reference Manual, still
>> > >
>> > > located
>> > >
>> > > > > at:
>> > > > > > *
>> > > > > > http://www.lakewoodsound.com/csound*<
>> > > > >
>> > > > > http://www.lakewoodsound.com/csound/hy
>> > > > >
>> > > > > >pertext/manual.htm>, for Csound version 4.16, November, 1999,
>> which
>> > >
>> > > was
>> > >
>> > > > > > maintained by David M. Boothe.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > A parallel version of the manual called the Alternative Csound
>> > > > > > Reference Manual, was developed by Kevin Conder using
>> > > > > > *DocBook/SGML*.
>> > > > > > This version later became the Official version.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > When Csound was licenced as LGPL by MIT in 2003, the manual was
>> > > > > > licenced GFDL and placed on Sourceforge along with the sources of
>> > > > > > Csound.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > In the winter of 2004, the Alternative Manual was converted to
>> > > > >
>> > > > > DocBook/XML
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > by Steven Yi to allow for more people to be able to compile and
>> > > > > > maintain the manual.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > The manual is currently maintained by Andrés Cabrera with
>> > > > > > continuous contributions from the Csound Community.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > The manual continues to be a community run project that depends
>> on
>> > >
>> > > the
>> > >
>> > > > > > contributions of developers and users to help refine the coverage
>> > > > > > and accuracy of its contents. All contributions are welcome and
>> > > > > > appreciated.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > *Table 1. Other Contributors*
>> > > > > >     Mike Berry  Eli Breder  Michael Casey  Michael Clark  Perry
>> > > > > > Cook
>> > > > >
>> > > > >  Sean
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > Costello  Richard Dobson  Mark Dolson  Dan Ellis  Tom Erbe  Bill
>> > > > > > Gardner  Michael
>> > > > > > Gogins  Matt Ingalls  Richard Karpen  Anthony Kozar  Victor
>> > > > > > Lazzarini Allan Lee  David Macintyre  Gabriel Maldonado  Max
>> > > > > > Mathews  Hans
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Mikelson
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > Peter Neubäcker  Peter Nix  Ville Pulkki  Maurizio Umberto
>> Puxeddu
>> > > > > > John Ramsdell  Marc
>> > > > > > Resibois  Rob Shaw  Paris Smaragdis  Greg Sullivan  Istvan Varga
>> > >
>> > >  Bill
>> > >
>> > > > > > Verplank  Robin Whittle  Steven Yi  François Pinot
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >  This list is by no means complete. More information can be
>> > > > > > gathered
>> > > > >
>> > > > > from
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > the Changelog file in the manual's sources repository.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > --
>> > > > > Felipe Sateler
>> > >
>> > >
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