Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:19:59 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Man page Copyrights Message-ID: <19981212201959.40838@nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <19981207011420.N8663@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Mon, Dec 07, 1998 at 01:14:20AM %2B0100 References: <366AEB2C.A48E1D56@aei.ca> <19981207011420.N8663@follo.net>
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On Mon, Dec 07, 1998 at 01:14:20AM +0100, Eivind Eklund wrote: > http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html - see the parent > (http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/) for more details etc. > > > 3) Do I need such a copyright notice? > > You should have _some_ sort of copyright/license statement, to let > people know what they are allowed to do. Here is one I'm experimenting with, based on the BSD copyright, for SGML documentation of my own. I've sent it to -core for deliberation on whether it (or something like it) should be applied to the Handbook and other documents. The *first* thing I will do if -core thinks this is a good idea is contact the people who have contributed to the Handbook, and get their agreement. I am most emphatically *not* talking about imposing a copyright notice that the authors disagree with. <!-- Copyright (c) 1998 Nik Clayton, All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source (SGML DocBook) and 'compiled' forms (SGML HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code (SGML DocBook) must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, converted to PDF, PostScript, RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY NIK CLAYTON "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL NIK CLAYTON BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. --> Replace "Nik Clayton" in the above with your name, or "FreeBSD Inc." if you want to assign the copyright to the FreeBSD project. N -- C.R.F. Consulting -- we're run to make me richer. . . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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