Hacking OpenSUSE
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From: houghi on 20 Dec 2005 01:32 Terry Kayser wrote: > Directly from the suse linux user guide book. "Its contents can be > duplicated, either in part or in whole, provided that a copyright label > is visibly located on each copy". My two lines (part of the manual) > were copied from the administration guide, and I didn't have a copyright > label visible. Therefore I broke the law. The "in part" is the tricky > part. What does "in part" mean? One word? Ten words? 100 words? > 1000 words? No, you did not break the law. You were quoting and that is legal by law. I agree that it is very tricky to know what amounts to quoting and what amounts to copy right infringement. I think that we can safely say that if you copy and paste a whole article that that is copying and not quoting. > Did you read hack12.txt? Here is the reason why it's perfectly legal to > put this online. Yes, I read it. Just wanted to point out that even if things are copyrighted it CAN be put online. (and it is a darn fine read as well) I will ant one more. Even when there is NO sign of a copyright, the work is automatically copyrighted. So when I write an article or a book and even NOT put a copyright notice in it, it still is copyrighted by me. Ain't _that_ fun! :-D -- houghi Please do not toppost http://houghi.org You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, Usenet |