documenting how to get source code in ubuntu-doc

[Kyle Nitzsche]

Matthew East wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Kyle Nitzsche
> <kyle.nitzsche at canonical.com> wrote:
>   
>> Kyle Nitzsche wrote:
>>     
>>> Matthew East wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Kyle Nitzsche
>>>> <kyle.nitzsche at canonical.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Matthew East wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Kyle Nitzsche
>>>>>> <kyle.nitzsche at canonical.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> I am putting together a modification of ubuntu-docs that will explain
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> bit
>>>>>>> more about how to get source code.  While not applicable to some/most
>>>>>>> users,
>>>>>>> it is probably important to include it as an aspect of Ubuntu's
>>>>>>> commitment
>>>>>>> to open source. (At any rate, we in the OEM group would very much like
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> add it.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> Sorry for the slow response and thanks for reminding me about the
>>>>>> thread. I don't have a strong view on this but my instinctive reaction
>>>>>> is that this information should probably be on the Ubuntu website,
>>>>>> with a link to it inserted in the About Ubuntu document, rather than
>>>>>> the material being included in the ubuntu-docs package.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do you feel about that? Do you have strong reasons to include the
>>>>>> information on-disk?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> The open-source, community-developed nature of ubuntu is supported and
>>>>> even
>>>>> proved by providing simple instructions within ubuntu for getting source
>>>>> for
>>>>> particular packages and for the whole image.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whereas pointing users to an external website is a level of indirection
>>>>> that
>>>>> seems inappropriate (to me) for such a core aspect of the project and
>>>>> its
>>>>> culture.
>>>>>
>>>>> So why not, as long as it is 1) brief and 2) unobtrusive?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Sorry for the delay in responding and thanks for reminding me about this
>>>> thread.
>>>>
>>>> I don't really agree with you. I think the website is the perfect
>>>> place for this type of information.
>>>>         
>>> Is the website localized?
>>>       
>> Hello Matthew. Can you please address the question ^^^?
>>     
>
> The website isn't localised on site, but instead we encourage local
> teams to create their own Ubuntu websites in their own language.
>
> I don't think whether the material is localised is particularly
> relevant, myself, because if it were, then that would be a reason not
> to put information there about our philosophy, licensing and all the
> other things that are on the website. I'd rather look at the nature of
> the material, as I did in my previous post.
>
>   
Matthew:

We (canonical oem) are providing localized images to people all around 
the world. We would like to be sure they have in their language 
instructions on how to get source code. It can be very brief. Please say 
definitively whether you will allow this or not.

Thank you,
Kyle