Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 12:48:15 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: info@freebsdfoundation.org Subject: Re: Copyright infringement Message-ID: <9b9e19a5-9c0c-69b0-020a-cab66ee99b18@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAPu-kW8vw%2Bigoj=h69%2BHt9y_cxriwXw=-N73jbVvB4SgdH%2B8Tw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPu-kW8vw%2Bigoj=h69%2BHt9y_cxriwXw=-N73jbVvB4SgdH%2B8Tw@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --uw9NAQwBLUArs4S00CwKQLJjlvuDLUdMx Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="p6PHo5MLt2MqswcWnii17t0Vu9LMJ4ve5"; protected-headers="v1" From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: info@freebsdfoundation.org Message-ID: <9b9e19a5-9c0c-69b0-020a-cab66ee99b18@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Copyright infringement References: <CAPu-kW8vw+igoj=h69+Ht9y_cxriwXw=-N73jbVvB4SgdH+8Tw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPu-kW8vw+igoj=h69+Ht9y_cxriwXw=-N73jbVvB4SgdH+8Tw@mail.gmail.com> --p6PHo5MLt2MqswcWnii17t0Vu9LMJ4ve5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 02/09/2017 02:29, Rob Belics wrote: > I don't know if this is worth pursuing but this guy is copy/pasting fro= m > the Handbook and declaring it, sometimes, as his own article. I read th= at > parts of it are flat out wrong but they may be corrected by now. Worse,= the > site name is "Linux Secrets". >=20 > https://www.linuxsecrets.com/en/entry/51-freebsd/2017/08/30/2926-upgrad= ing-freebsd-11-0-to-11-1 >=20 > In case this is worth a letter or email The FreeBSD Foundation is the body responsible for handling matters around code licensing and copyrights for the project. I've CC'd them in this response as it's their call as to whether any action is needed, but my initial reaction is that this is not such a case. Having taken a cursory look at some of the pages on the blog, I can't see any obvious claim that the blog owner is plagiarising the Handbook or similar. While the blog page you cite is broadly similar to sections of the handbook -- eg. https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgra= ding-freebsdupdate.html I feel that this is simply the result of two different authors independently talking about the same process. Even if the blog content was derived from the Handbook, there's nothing against the terms of the FreeBSD license in /reproducing/ sections of the documentation. Claiming that work as your own is definitely not allowed. Neither is removing the copyright statement. On the whole, I'd say having bloggers talking about their (good) experiences with FreeBSD is something the project would like to encourage and despite the domain name, this is someone we should be encouraging. Cheers, Matthew --p6PHo5MLt2MqswcWnii17t0Vu9LMJ4ve5-- --uw9NAQwBLUArs4S00CwKQLJjlvuDLUdMx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJZqpqIXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATC+kP/2qlZl/DJCnfGzD6QSr+pWo7 uUygD7d8UeuIAroCjg1cKSWnpfxOnalku+0Lw7J19M3F399TgUlfrMFibtTYcuS3 8+F1ZVieRTc+y8YlZO+4j4uSGfHTUW/UNvu8hLkvB7zPYaRDwUkSew02VvlqlpRo TKyVSiRv2UL2npWsYSBK57Yk+Q/dJjd+Oep7nuOvBI2sIGHePKpJkL2V+3dD+Aji ft4H6ayQ0N0zxhXk3cQlu9WwescTLFrSyj7buE1AzPZEMOGsHY25EiXmwMHtpYc1 UizCvotV7B6Otqv/DW8K4/pF4Nr/In9Zkmmlwt7gngB0bXCulO9wH2cIHyQaXUUM cACmNT9PvrH4zkQtBLgQ7ot5j32dlh1rshwpAdjvJhIuOHQJvJNDz1Zjc/zpaSHj ubryOCN01k1H39nKPOLS8qEvMsd4ivFWIx7Upf2ARI6neOlQS10a4Z+sZXclrwIY YOtqtbeWff3Q+LWROLiudSSQf/ZTbwqpoKxMWBuOSLMHItd1cfwoHi+moe1OWrYu tAOpQ4i9bNrjawZvz+vSvoSIQCSVGQTzbvjHSAIgT5AZMy/YWw+omh22D2zoWflT Vk8Og7efohxHCbnVPvsm5PCj2YsKqvZ4uTjTPXfHrBatmwhN8xZ4AbGZ1VP/1yki 4tyDXSHnRbSiORu7FsQb =+FZY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uw9NAQwBLUArs4S00CwKQLJjlvuDLUdMx--
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