--- wikisrc/guide/index_bare 2013/03/05 22:57:52 1.3 +++ wikisrc/guide/index_bare 2013/03/05 23:33:53 1.4 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ background information. It is better to like "Learning Unix-XYZ, version 1.2.3.4 in 10 days", but this is a matter of personal taste. -Originally, the guide has been a book, which was subsequently moved to the wiki +Originally, the guide has been a book, which was subsequently moved to the wiki to make it easier to contribute. If you have additions or comments to the guide, but don't want to create an @@ -31,23 +31,23 @@ of an article. ## Guide history -This guide was born as a collection of sparse notes that Federico Lupi, the -original author of the NetBSD Guide, wrote mostly for himself. When he realized -that they could be useful to other NetBSD users he started collecting them and -created the first version of the guide using the groff formatter. In order to -"easily" get a wider variety of output formats (e.g. HTML and -PostScript/PDF), he made the "mistake" of moving to SGML/DocBook, which -was the format of the sources. Maintainership was picked up by the NetBSD -project and its developers later, and the format was changed to XML/DocBook +This guide was born as a collection of sparse notes that Federico Lupi, the +original author of the NetBSD Guide, wrote mostly for himself. When he realized +that they could be useful to other NetBSD users he started collecting them and +created the first version of the guide using the groff formatter. In order to +"easily" get a wider variety of output formats (e.g. HTML and +PostScript/PDF), he made the "mistake" of moving to SGML/DocBook, which +was the format of the sources. Maintainership was picked up by the NetBSD +project and its developers later, and the format was changed to XML/DocBook later due to better tools and slightly more knowhow on customisations. -In 2012/2013, the guide was converted in a Google Code-In task by Mingzhe Wang -(wmzhere) to Markdown. In early 2013, it was integrated to the NetBSD wiki, -along with removing old chapters, restricting numbering schemes and some +In 2012/2013, the guide was converted in a Google Code-In task by Mingzhe Wang +(wmzhere) to Markdown. In early 2013, it was integrated to the NetBSD wiki, +along with removing old chapters, restricting numbering schemes and some reformulations. You can still get the -[old version of the Guide](http://netbsd.org/docs/guide), which is not +[old version of the Guide](http://netbsd.org/docs/guide), which is not maintained anymore. ## Bibliography @@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ maintained anymore. ## Acknowledgements -The NetBSD Guide was originally written by Federico Lupi who managed the -sources, coordinated updates, and merged all contributions on his own. Since -then, it has been updated and maintained by the NetBSD www team. The Guide has -progressed thanks to the contributions of many people who have volunteered their +The NetBSD Guide was originally written by Federico Lupi who managed the +sources, coordinated updates, and merged all contributions on his own. Since +then, it has been updated and maintained by the NetBSD www team. The Guide has +progressed thanks to the contributions of many people who have volunteered their time and effort, supplied material and sent in suggestions and corrections. ### Original acknowledgements @@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ Federico's original credits are: * Manolo De Santis, Audio Chapter * Eric Delcamp, Boot Floppies * Hubert Feyrer, who contributed - [[Introduction to TCP/IP Networking|guide/net-intro]] including Next + [[Introduction to TCP/IP Networking|guide/net-intro]] including Next generation Internet protocol - IPv6 and the section [[IPv6 Connectivity & Transition via 6to4|guide/net-practice#ipv6-6to4]] He also helped with the SGML to XML transition. * Jason R. Fink * Daniel de Kok, audio and linux chapters fixes. * Reinoud Koornstra, CVS chapter and rebuilding `/dev` in the Misc chapter. - * Brian A. Seklecki [lavalamp@burghcom.com](mailto:lavalamp@burghcom.com), who + * Brian A. Seklecki [lavalamp@burghcom.com](mailto:lavalamp@burghcom.com), who contributed the CCD Chapter. * Guillain Seuillot * Martti Kuparinen, RAIDframe documentation. @@ -101,26 +101,26 @@ Federico's original credits are: ### Current acknowledgements -This document is currently maintained by the NetBSD www team. Thanks to their -efforts, the document is kept up to date and available online at all times. In +This document is currently maintained by the NetBSD www team. Thanks to their +efforts, the document is kept up to date and available online at all times. In addition, special thanks go to (in alphabetical order): - * Hubert Feyrer, for getting the guide up to speed for NetBSD 2.0, and for + * Hubert Feyrer, for getting the guide up to speed for NetBSD 2.0, and for making numerous improvements to all chapters. * Jason R. Fink, for maintaining this document and integrating changes. * Andreas Hallman, for his information in [[Tunneling 6to4 through an IPFilter firewall|guide/net-practice#chap-net-practice-ipv6-6to4-ipf]] * Joel Knight for the - [[Introduction to the Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)|guide/carp]]. + [[Introduction to the Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)|guide/carp]]. See below for for the accompanying license. - * Daniel de Kok, for constant contributions of new chapters, maintenance of + * Daniel de Kok, for constant contributions of new chapters, maintenance of existing chapters and his translation work. * Hiroki Sato, for allowing us to build PDF and PS versions of this document. * Jan Schaumann, for maintenance work and `www/htdocs` management. * Lubomir Sedlacik, for some details on using CGD for swap in [[Suggestions and Warnings|guide/cgd#suggestions]] * Dag-Erling Smørgrav, for the article on - [[Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)|guide/pam]]. See below for the + [[Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)|guide/pam]]. See below for the accompanying license. * Florian Stöhr, for [[Example: encrypted CDs/DVDs|guide/cgd#cryptocds]] @@ -130,29 +130,29 @@ addition, special thanks go to (in alpha #### Federico Lupi's original license of this guide -Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: - 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this + 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. - 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, - this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation + 2. 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