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diff --git a/doc/maintain.texi b/doc/maintain.texi
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--- a/doc/maintain.texi
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 @c For double-sided printing, uncomment:
 @c @setchapternewpage odd
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
 @c For double-sided printing, uncomment:
 @c @setchapternewpage odd
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:

-@set lastupdate January 20, 2011
+@set lastupdate June 30, 2011

 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization


@@ -128,10 +128,12 @@ This release of the GNU Maintainer Information was last updated
 @cindex help, getting
 
 @cindex @code{mentors@@gnu.org} mailing list
 @cindex help, getting
 
 @cindex @code{mentors@@gnu.org} mailing list

-If you have general questions or encounter a situation where it isn't
-clear what to do, you can ask @email{mentors@@gnu.org}, which is a
-list of a few experienced GNU contributors who have offered to answer
-questions for new maintainers.
+If you have any general questions or encounter a situation where it
+isn't clear how to get something done or who to ask, you (as a GNU
+contributor) can always write to @email{mentors@@gnu.org}, which is a
+list of a few experienced GNU folks who have volunteered to answer
+questions.  Any GNU-related question is fair game for the
+@code{mentors} list.

 
 @cindex advisory committee
 The GNU Advisory Committee helps to coordinate activities in the GNU
 
 @cindex advisory committee
 The GNU Advisory Committee helps to coordinate activities in the GNU


@@ -142,6 +144,21 @@ committee at @email{gnu-advisory@@gnu.org}.  See
 committee members.  Additional information is in
 @file{/gd/gnuorg/advisory}.
 
 committee members.  Additional information is in
 @file{/gd/gnuorg/advisory}.
 

+@cindex down, when GNU machines are
+@cindex outage, of GNU machines
+@cindex @url{http://identi.ca/group/fsfstatus}
+If you find that any GNU computer systems (@code{fencepost.gnu.org},
+@code{ftp.gnu.org}, @code{www.gnu.org}, @code{savannah.gnu.org},
+@dots{}) seem to be down, you can check the current status at
+@url{http://identi.ca/group/fsfstatus}.  Most likely the problem, if
+it can be alleviated at the FSF end, is already being worked on.
+
+@cindex sysadmin, FSF
+@cindex FSF system administrators
+@cindex GNU system administrators
+The FSF system administrators are responsible for the network and GNU
+hardware.  You can email them at @email{sysadmin@@fsf.org}, but please
+try not to burden them unnecessarily.

 
 
 @node Getting a GNU Account
 
 
 @node Getting a GNU Account


@@ -162,15 +179,6 @@ the package.
 
 @gdgnuorgtext{}
 
 
 @gdgnuorgtext{}
 

-@cindex down, when GNU machines are
-@cindex outage, of GNU machines
-@cindex @url{http://identi.ca/group/fsfstatus}
-If you find that any GNU computer systems (@code{fencepost.gnu.org},
-@code{ftp.gnu.org}, @code{www.gnu.org}, @code{savannah.gnu.org},
-@dots{}) seem to be down, you can check the current status at
-@url{http://identi.ca/group/fsfstatus}.  Most likely the problem, if
-it can be alleviated at the FSF end, is already being worked on.
-

 
 @node Stepping Down
 @chapter Stepping Down
 
 @node Stepping Down
 @chapter Stepping Down


@@ -1163,8 +1171,9 @@ useful for your package.
 It is very important to keep backup files of all source files of GNU.
 You can do this using a source control system (such as Bazaar, RCS,
 CVS, Git, Subversion, @dots{}) if you like.  The easiest way to use
 It is very important to keep backup files of all source files of GNU.
 You can do this using a source control system (such as Bazaar, RCS,
 CVS, Git, Subversion, @dots{}) if you like.  The easiest way to use

-RCS or CVS is via the Version Control library in Emacs (@pxref{VC
-Concepts,, Concepts of Version Control, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
+RCS or CVS is via the Version Control library in Emacs
+(@pxref{Introduction to VC,, Introduction to Version Control, emacs,
+The GNU Emacs Manual}).

 
 The history of previous revisions and log entries is very important for
 future maintainers of the package, so even if you do not make it
 
 The history of previous revisions and log entries is very important for
 future maintainers of the package, so even if you do not make it


@@ -1417,8 +1426,8 @@ finally email the resulting @file{@var{msgfile}.asc}), to
 
 @enumerate
 @item
 
 @enumerate
 @item

-Name of package(s) that you are the maintainer for, and your
-preferred email address.
+Name of package(s) that you are the maintainer for, your
+preferred email address, and your Savannah username.

 
 @item
 An ASCII armored copy of your GPG key, as an attachment.  (@samp{gpg
 
 @item
 An ASCII armored copy of your GPG key, as an attachment.  (@samp{gpg


@@ -2032,32 +2041,36 @@ about GNU.
 
 @node Free Software and Open Source
 @section Free Software and Open Source
 
 @node Free Software and Open Source
 @section Free Software and Open Source

-@cindex free software
+@cindex free software movement

 @cindex open source
 @cindex open source

-@cindex movements, Free Software and Open Source
-
-The terms ``free software'' and ``open source'' are the slogans of two
-different movements which differ in their basic philosophy.  The Free
-Software Movement is idealistic, and raises issues of freedom, ethics,
-principle and what makes for a good society.  The Open Source Movement,
-founded in 1998, studiously avoids such questions.  For more explanation,
-see @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html}.
-
-The GNU Project is aligned with the Free Software Movement.  This
+@cindex movement, free software
+@cindex development method, open source
+
+The terms ``free software'' and ``open source'', while describing
+almost the same category of software, stand for views based on
+fundamentally different values.  The free software movement is
+idealistic, and raises issues of freedom, ethics, principle and what
+makes for a good society.  The term open source, initiated in 1998, is
+associated with a philosophy which studiously avoids such questions.
+For a detailed explanation, see
+@url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html}.
+
+The GNU Project is aligned with the free software movement.  This

 doesn't mean that all GNU contributors and maintainers have to agree;
 your views on these issues are up to you, and you're entitled to express
 them when speaking for yourself.
 
 doesn't mean that all GNU contributors and maintainers have to agree;
 your views on these issues are up to you, and you're entitled to express
 them when speaking for yourself.
 

-However, due to the much greater publicity that the Open Source
-Movement receives, the GNU Project needs to overcome a widespread
-mistaken impression that GNU is @emph{and always was} an activity of
-the Open Source Movement.  For this reason, please use the term ``free
+However, due to the much greater publicity that the term ``open source''
+receives, the GNU Project needs to overcome a widespread
+mistaken impression that GNU is @emph{and always was} an ``open
+source'' activity.  For this reason, please use the term ``free

 software'', not ``open source'', in GNU software releases, GNU
 documentation, and announcements and articles that you publish in your
 role as the maintainer of a GNU package.  A reference to the URL given
 above, to explain the difference, is a useful thing to include as
 well.
 
 software'', not ``open source'', in GNU software releases, GNU
 documentation, and announcements and articles that you publish in your
 role as the maintainer of a GNU package.  A reference to the URL given
 above, to explain the difference, is a useful thing to include as
 well.
 

+

 @node GNU and Linux
 @section GNU and Linux
 @cindex Linux
 @node GNU and Linux
 @section GNU and Linux
 @cindex Linux