Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:55:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: Brett <thisdayislong@gmail.com> Cc: zionicman@gmail.com, Ingrid Kast Fuller <ingrid@cityscope.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serious breach of copyright -- First post Message-ID: <20060621215546.49183.qmail@web33311.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <f5b151550606202026g1b0c5dceya12f9c04e8417b30@mail.gmail.com>
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--- Brett <thisdayislong@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/20/06, Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > > > User manuals and how-tos don't generally get > > copyright notices, because there is nothing > > creative about it. Someone could write > exactly > > the same thing (just about), and you'd have > > little claim to it because its just a > procedural > > description. What, is the formatting of your > > index unique or something? > > Not at all. The entire procedure is unique. > That's why > it's helpful to others, hopefully. > > Check out the FreeBSD handbook. It's full of > copyright notices. > I don't think someone's going to come out with > a FreeBSD handbook > without images and claim that they wrote it, > and then get away with it. > And even then, the copyright notice is just a > formality. > > > > > > But that aside, I was more amused by the > subject > > "serious breach of copyright", as if someone > had > > taken your claim for writing War and Peace or > > something. They didn't even explicitly put a > > byline on it. Its just a how-to on a web > page. > > > > And where are the credits for all of the > how-tos > > you read to gain this knowledge? Why doesn't > > their work count? You should have a full > > bibliography. After all, credit is important! > > > > Like I said, who cares. > > > > DT > > Maybe we can get Ingrid to put your mailing address on there also so we can send you cards, gifts and cash donations. Can you make that about 2 points bigger also? We wouldn't want anyone to miss it. DT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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