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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index cda645f195..dfffdbf783 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ @title GNU Guix Reference Manual @subtitle Using the GNU Guix Functional Package Manager @author Ludovic Courtès +@author Andreas Enge @author Nikita Karetnikov @page @@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ Edition @value{EDITION} @* @value{UPDATED} @* -Copyright @copyright{} @value{YEARS} Ludovic Court@`es +Copyright @copyright{} @value{YEARS} Ludovic Court@`es, Andreas Enge, Nikita Karetnikov @quotation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document @@ -64,17 +65,6 @@ Documentation License.'' This document describes GNU Guix version @value{VERSION}, a functional package management tool written for the GNU system. -@quotation -Copyright @copyright{} @value{YEARS} Ludovic Courtès - -Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document -under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no -Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A -copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free -Documentation License.'' -@end quotation - @menu * Introduction:: What is Guix about? * Installation:: Installing Guix. @@ -1502,7 +1492,7 @@ tools that help users exert that freedom. @menu * Installing Debugging Files:: Feeding the debugger. * Package Modules:: Packages from the programmer's viewpoint. -* Adding New Packages:: Growing the distribution. +* Packaging Guidelines:: Growing the distribution. * Bootstrapping:: GNU/Linux built from scratch. * Porting:: Targeting another platform or kernel. @end menu @@ -1587,41 +1577,14 @@ distribution. The root of this dependency graph is a small set of bootstrap)} module. For more information on bootstrapping, @ref{Bootstrapping}. -@node Adding New Packages -@section Adding New Packages +@node Packaging Guidelines +@section Packaging Guidelines The GNU distribution is nascent and may well lack some of your favorite packages. This section describes how you can help make the distribution grow. @ref{Contributing}, for additional information on how you can help. -@menu -* Packaging Guidelines:: What goes into the distribution. -* From the Source Tarball to the Package:: The story of a package. -@end menu - -@node Packaging Guidelines -@subsection Packaging Guidelines - -@c Adapted from http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html. - -The GNU operating system has been developed so that users can have -freedom in their computing. GNU is @dfn{free software}, meaning that -users have the @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html,four -essential freedoms}: to run the program, to study and change the program -in source code form, to redistribute exact copies, and to distribute -modified versions. Packages found in the GNU distribution provide only -software that conveys these four freedoms. - -In addition, the GNU distribution follow the -@url{http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html,free -software distribution guidelines}. Among other things, these guidelines -reject non-free firmware, recommendations of non-free software, and -discuss ways to deal with trademarks and patents. - -@node From the Source Tarball to the Package -@subsection From the Source Tarball, to the Package Definition, to the Binary Package - Free software packages are usually distributed in the form of @dfn{source code tarballs}---typically @file{tar.gz} files that contain all the source files. Adding a package to the distribution means @@ -1667,6 +1630,30 @@ package automatically downloads binaries from there (except when using needed is to review and apply the patch. +@menu +* Software Freedom:: What may go into the distribution. +@end menu + +@node Software Freedom +@subsection Software Freedom + +@c Adapted from http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html. + +The GNU operating system has been developed so that users can have +freedom in their computing. GNU is @dfn{free software}, meaning that +users have the @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html,four +essential freedoms}: to run the program, to study and change the program +in source code form, to redistribute exact copies, and to distribute +modified versions. Packages found in the GNU distribution provide only +software that conveys these four freedoms. + +In addition, the GNU distribution follow the +@url{http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html,free +software distribution guidelines}. Among other things, these guidelines +reject non-free firmware, recommendations of non-free software, and +discuss ways to deal with trademarks and patents. + + @node Bootstrapping @section Bootstrapping @@ -1836,8 +1823,8 @@ reason. This project is a cooperative effort, and we need your help to make it grow! Please get in touch with us on @email{guix-devel@@gnu.org}. We welcome ideas, bug reports, patches, and anything that may be helpful to -the project. We particularly welcome help on packaging (@pxref{Adding -New Packages}). +the project. We particularly welcome help on packaging +(@pxref{Packaging Guidelines}). Please see the @url{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/HACKING, |