FLOSS manuals

FLOSS manuals
legal form	NGO and non-profit organization
purpose	Software freedom
Seat	Amsterdam
founding	July 2006
place	Amsterdam , Netherlands
Members	Adam Hyde (founder)
Website	flossmanuals.net

The FLOSS Manuals ( FM ) is a non-profit foundation . It focuses on the creation of qualitative documentation on the use of free software . It was founded in the Netherlands in 2006 by Adam Hyde.

construction

Your website is a wiki (formerly used by TWiki software, now you are developing an autonomous platform with Booki) focused on the collaborative writing of manuals. The documentation is licensed under the GPL . Although the manuals were initially covered by the GFDL , the license was changed. Reason for the concerns about the limitation and the "non-free nature" of the GFDL.

Anyone can contribute to the material in FLOSS Manuals. Each manual has a maintainer - very similar to the Debian maintenance system. The maintenance engineer always has an eye on his manual and discusses with those who are interested in the manual, structure, choice of words, etc. Editing does not take place in real time, but all changes are published as soon as the manual is ready. This is done to ensure a high quality of reliable manuals.

Manuals are available as indexed PDF or online in HTML , and these can also be mixed together. With this function everyone can create an individual manual and export it as PDF, HTML ( ZIP / tar ) or an Ajax include.

Awards

In autumn 2007 FLOSS Manuals was awarded a prize of 15,000 euros by the Dutch Digital Pioneer Fund.
The foundation has also received funding from Google and NLnet for their services.
FLOSS Manuals also received the Transmediale Award for their work on Booki.

List of manuals

FLOSS Manuals has manuals for all of the following:

software	Manuals
CRM	CiviCRM • CiviCRM Developer Guide
office	Firefox • OpenOffice • Thunderbird
Processing of digital signals	PureData
File system	FSLint
OLPC	Make Sugar Activities • XO • Write • Terminal • Chat Activity • Browse Activity • Record Activity • Turtle Art Activity
Free culture	Collaborative Futures
CMS	Newscoop • Plumi
Broadcasting	Airtime
Freedom on the internet	How to bypass internet censorship • An open network • Basic Internet Security
translation	Open Translation Tools • Video subtitling
Video	Theora Cookbook • Cinema • AvideMux • GTranscode ffmpeg2theora • HandBrake
Free network services	FLOSS Manuals • Books • Sprints • Wikimedia Commons • Archive.org • Freedom Fone
Free software / open source	GSoC mentoring
Graphic design	Digital Foundations • Alchemy • Inkscape • Scribus
3D	Blender
HTML editing	NvU
Blogging	WordPress
Media player	MPlayer • VLC • Miro
IP telephony	Linphone
File sharing	Azureus
Streaming	MuSE • M3W • Icecast
Video subtitling	Video subtitling • Cheers
GNU / Linux	GNU / Linux command-line intro
Audio editing	Audio Production • Ardor • Audacity
Csound	Csound
Human rights	OpenEvSys
Book production	Book type • Booki User Guide
performance	UpStage
Collaborative mapping	Openstreetmap