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   From: nospam.rickbalkins@nospam.wavestarinteractive.com   
      
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   >   
   > Stealth wrote:   
   >> To slightly divert from the technicalities, I'd like to ask a bit about   
   >> the legal side of this.   
   >>   
   >> For the introductory articles of the wikibooks, copying what is   
   >> originally in the user manual would be among the best of our sorces   
   >> since the instructions, definitions and explanations in there are   
   >> relatively easy to understand even for international users whose English   
   >> isn't exactly top-notch. However, what worries me a bit is if we'd be   
   >> allowed to literally copy-paste the material within. For instance, while   
   >> scanning through the funet.fi FTP, I downloaded three pages of the   
   >> original manual (I think that's it anyway) that deal with the IC pinouts   
   >> and frequency ranges of certain CBM audio chips. Just because it's on an   
   >> FTP, of course, doesn't neccessarily mean it's freeware. So, how can   
   >> this get resolved?   
   > How to resolve this:   
   >   
   > A) you get permission from the initial author to reprint the material.   
      
   In the case of works for hire such as the Commodore Users Manual - YOU can   
   NOT just ask the author because it is part of the publication firm   
   (Commodore Publications - a department of Commodore Business Machines).   
   Essentially, you will have to talk to Commodore International B.V.   
   (Yeahronimo) because those rights would be logically passed through as it is   
   among the wide range of rights pertaining to Commodore minus Amiga.   
      
      
   > B) you write your own version of the information on the material (the   
   > copyright is on the exact wording, image or performance not the idea or   
   > concept.)   
      
   That will do !!!!   
      
   > C) if you do see something that is obvioulsy pasted without any mention   
   > of permissions you remove it from the Wiki Page  (maybe replace it with   
   > a reference to the copyrighted works).  And hope soneone get the hint   
   > not to copy and paste fron stuff he didn't write.   
      
   D) Take ANY PD sources and implement it (acknowledge to original author, it   
   is just respectful and fair).   
      
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